Trim's Estate

Citations

• 168 Pa. 395
• 31 A. 1071
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 809

Syllabus

<p>Will — Charitable use.</p> <p>A testamentai'y disposition for the benefit of the poor of a defined locality is a charitable use.</p> <p>A devise of land specifically described, and all the residue of an estate, “ to goto the benefit of the poor of Eldred Township, Warren County, Pa; to have the use and nothing more .... for their benefit and use..... and when fully proven up to be managed by the overseers of the poor in said county for the benefit of Eldred Township,” is a charitable use, and the trustees are sufficiently designated, notwithstanding the fact that their correct corporate name is not given.</p>