110 Ky. 923 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1901
Opinion of the court by
Affirming.
Elizabeth L. Speers made and published her last will, in which she made many specific devises. The nineteepth •clause of the will disposes of the residue of her estate. As much of that clause of the will as is necessary to be ■ quoted reads as follows. “It is my will that my said executors! . . . convey .and transfer the entire balance of my estate, real personal, ¡and mixed, of every kind and wherever situated, . . . for the establishment and maintenance of a hospital in the city of Dayton, in Campbell county, Kentucky; the said hospital to be erected,' ■maintained, and 'conducted in such manner and upon such plan as, in their judgment, would do the greatest good. Said trustees shall annually report all their acts and doings to the highest court in said county having original equitable jurisdiction, and all vacancies in said trustees shall be filled by said court.” This action involves the interpretation of that clause of the will. The trustees orig- , in'ally appointed seem to have resigned or been removed, and the appellees, J. L. Pythian, Y. E. Senour, .and J. O. ■Jenkins substituted in their stead. The money which was paid to the trustees was .spent in the erection of a very handsome ¡and commodious hospital. Either in the •erection or management of the hospital it has become, involved in the sum of $6,000, and $2,000 more is wanted for the purpose of needed repairs. The trustees who are now acting were appointed by the Campbell Circuit 'Count, and they applied to that court to grant them per