OLDS v. ROLLINS COLLEGE

Nos. 9710, 9711.

173 F.2d 639 (1949)

OLDS et al. v. ROLLINS COLLEGE. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA v. ROLLINS COLLEGE.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John E. Larson, of Washington, D. C., for appellants in No. 9710. Mr. Llewellyn C. Thomas, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellants in No. 9710.

Mr. Ward E. Lattin, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Thomas J. Beddow, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant in No. 9711. Mr. John Lord O'Brian, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant in No. 9711.

Messrs. Homer Cummings and J. Edward Burroughs, Jr., both of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. William D. Donnelly, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees Rollins College.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges.


WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

William Hayes Ackland, a resident of the District of Columbia, died on February 16, 1940. By his last will and testament, which had been executed on November 10, 1938, he bequeathed to his executors, Edson B. Olds, Jr., and the American Security and Trust Company, the bulk of his large fortune to be held perpetually in trust for the accomplishment of the purposes which he expressed in his will and which he "expressed to the trustees...

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