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HOPKINS v. GRIMSHAW

No. 18.

165 U.S. 342 (1897)

HOPKINS v. GRIMSHAW.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 15, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Franklin H. Mackey and Mr. H.O. Claughton for appellants.

Mr. W.L. Cole and Mr. T.J. Darlington for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Stephney Forrest, in 1845, purchased a parcel of land in Washington, and conveyed it to three persons, "trustees for the Union Beneficial Society of Washington City," habendum to them "and their successors in office forever, for the sole use and benefit of the Union Beneficial Society of the City of Washington as aforesaid, for a burial ground, and for no other purpose whatever."...

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