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· 4/18/1910

Avery v. Home for Orphans of Odd Fellows

Citations

  • 228 Pa. 58
  • 77 A. 241
  • 1910 Pa. LEXIS 431

Syllabus

<p>Will — Trusts and trustees — Charitable gift — Location of building.</p> <p>A bequest to “The Home for Orphans of Odd Fellows at Twentieth and Ontario Streets, Philadelphia, to be used for the purpose of erecting a wing or addition to its building” does not restrict the home from using the money in erecting a wing to a building necessary for its work in a locality other than that mentioned in the will.</p>

Judges: Brown, Elkin, Mestrezat, Moschzisker, Potter

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