Maggeridge v Grey

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1641
Date01 January 1641
CourtHigh Court of Chancery

English Reports Citation: 21 E.R. 785

LORD KEEPER LITTLETON

Maggeridge
and
Grey

maggeeidge versus grey. Lord Keeper Littleton, 17 Car. 1 [1641-42]. The Plaintiff's Husband had left a considerable Sum of Money, which he directed to be paid to certain Persons, in order to buy Lands for the Endowment of an Hospital: But the Persons to whom it was to be paid refusing [43] to undertake the Trust, the Court ordered other Trustees to perform the same ; and that several Persons of Quality might elect poor People qualified according to the Will of the Donor, to be placed in the Hospital; and that the Trustees should have Power to displace and remove such who did not conform themselves to the Rules of the Hospital, tho'...

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