Rees v. City of Watertown

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1874-03-18

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Mr. Justice CLIFFORD, with whom concurred Mr. Justice SWAYNE, dissenting: I dissent from the opinion of the court in this case upon the ground that equity will never suffer a trust to be defeated by the refusal of the trustee to administer the fund, or on account of the misconduct of the trustee, and also because the effect of the decree in the court below, if affi…

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