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KEENE v. MARTIN

No. 4013.

96 N.H. 504 (1951)

KEENE v. ALLEN L. MARTIN & a.,

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

March 6, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Arwe, city solicitor, for the city of Keene, filed no brief.

Harry C. Lichman (by brief and orally), for the Carillonic Bells Committee.

Philip H. Faulkner and Francis F. Faulkner (Mr. Francis F. Faulkner orally), for the trustees of Keene public library.

The trustees of trust funds for the city of Keene, filed no brief.

Ernest R. D'Amours, Director of Charitable Trusts, for and in behalf of the Attorney General, filed no brief.

KENISON, J.

The provision in the third clause of the Symonds will for "a set of chime bells" on the public library building "or some other in the city" constitutes a charitable trust. 2 Bogert, Trusts, s. 375, n. 50. The failure of the testator to specify the amount to be spent for the chimes or the kind to be acquired did not render the gift indefinite or invalid as a charitable trust. Crawfordsville Trust...

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