Treadwell v. Beebe

Citations

• 107 Kan. 31
• 190 P. 768
• 10 A.L.R. 1359
• 1920 Kan. LEXIS 7

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Trust Funds — Power of City to Accept a Bequest of Trust Funds for Pxiblic, Charitable Use. A Kansas municipality has power to accept a bequest of a trust fund and to administer it in perpetuity if the purpose of the trust created by such bequest is for a public, charitable use.</p> <p>2. Same — When Trust Fund is for Public, Charitable Use. A trust fund is for a public, charitable use where its purpose is to buy food and fuel for needy and deserving inhabitants of the municipality to which the trust fund is bequeathed and by which it is to be administered.</p> <p>3. Same. A trust fund is for a public, charitable use where its purpose is to aid any deserving person suffering from cancer to secure treatment for that disease in its early and probably curable stages.</p> <p>4. Same — Provision of Will — Not Ambiguous. The- provisions of a will making disposition of the residue of an estate after all the other provisions of the will are executed and fully discharged, examined, and no ambiguity discerned therein.</p>