Henry Williams and Others Against Nathaniel Williams.

Summary

The Court of Appeals held that the legacy to the Presbyterian church corporation is a valid charitable gift, with the accumulation direction void but the bequest upheld; it held that the legacy to trustees for the education of poor children is void for lack of a proper trustee; and it affirmed that statutes of perpetuities do not apply to charitable gifts. The bill seeking to invalidate the legacies was reversed and dismissed.