The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
GEN. DODGE'S WILL MAYBEVOID
IT SOtGHT TO LEAVE Sl.TO.0OO
TO RELIGION 8 ORG aNIZiTIONS.



date win Son sabnalts % To Court.
The will OF Gen. Charles Cleveland
Dodge. which set aside trust fund that
the iestator estimated at s25o.ooo Tor
charitable and religious organizations.
was filed yesterday by Charles stuart
Dodge. a son and one Of the executors.
and at tn. same time he said that he had
rbeen informed by his counsel that the
will il void for several reasons. and asked
that the question Of the validity be taken
up on the day set for the probate OF the
will in order TO save expense To the
estate.
Charles Stuart Dodge. who with his
sister. Ethel Cleveland Sanger. wife OF
Col William Cary Sanger. inherits the
entire estate outside Of the trust fund.
said the chief reason he believes that the
will is void il that since it was made in
1903 conditions have So changed thai
after paying all debts and testamentary
and other expenses possibly the whole
and certainly the greater part Of the
estate will be included in the trust fund. :
The trust fund il composed entirely
Of securities Of the Cape Cod Canal Com
pany. Although directing that securi-
ties of a par value OF s25O. 900 be set aside
for the trust fund, Gen. Dodge said he
hoped that the principal OF the fund would
be above $3.50. 900 and that before long the
fund would be paying 10 per cent. year
He permitted the trustees Of the fund tn
dispose OF the Cape Cod securities and
reinvept In others IL they thought II ad-
visable.
Gen. Dodge named As trustees Of the
fund his wife. Mary Schiefelin Dodge.
who died last March; his son and daughter;
Col Sanger: the senior acting minister OF
the Collegiate Reformed Church Of New
York and the senior acting minister OF the.
Brick Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Dodge
was 10 have the controlling influence "a 10
the amount to be- distributed and the
manner in which IL was To be- disposed u
The testator provided that "a corporation
be formed during the lifetime Of my
children. to lie known by a short. simple
and impersonal name. the incom. Of the
fund 10 be used for tn. furtheranc" of
Christian work in the world" Som. OF
the money WAS TO be given to a missionary
u the Home and Mission Society of the
| Collegiate Church. to be disbursed by the
missionary in his work.
The testator directed that thes. or
CARNATIONS share in the trust fund: The
aged ministers fund OF the Collegiate
and Brick Presbyterian churches. LAncoln
! Hospital. Margaret S'racban Ho0s. the
! American College, nc Bsirat, syria: S,a-
mans Friend Society. the Bow.ry Mis-
sion. New York Christian Home for
In.briates. the American SUNDAY School
| Union New York branch. the Protestant
| Bibi. society and sorn. association work =
ing for tbs. spiritual welfare Of the Ameri-
can Indian.
Other reasons that Charles stuart
Dodge gave for believing the will 10 be
invalid are that the property was left
TO "A corporation not Vet formed that th..
will NAV he too indefinite to stand in law
and 10 provisions impracticabl. and
nforc.abl.: that there ~ no residuary
clause. and that because OF the death OF
Mrs Dodge and n vacancy III tn. pulpit
81 the Brick Presbyterian Church. two
Of III. trustees named do not exist
Tn. will left one-haIf the sstat. outside
! on her death 1t was to go 10 tn. two
children in equal shares Each child WAS
ro hav. one quarter OF the estate. SO that
by their mothers death tn. children now
inherit the entire estate OsItsid- rh. fund
Mr. Dodg. asks that the total estate he,
turned over To himself and his sister
because OF the .nvaliditv Of IN. will. and
that citations bs issued 10 all organizl-
/
the dav set for probate In tn. will Gen
Dodge said
r. has h"an constant -ourc. "r grattf-
cation and sal I-fa"tion To me thar INV Two
children through thar relation 10 u.. each
received handsome Legacy from NV
father. h.nc" my particular purpo-s. a. all
times has been to be sure bv anything that
I could dO hat nH very dear wife. their
mother 4horid lee AMPLY provided for IN
her declining years know. however.
from nv repeated cOnv.r-af ions with her
thai her intention vii! be 10 leave our chill
dr-n or heir respective ISL" the larger
par Of vhntevcr property INV wife may DIS
pose ~ when she - taken away
IL has long been OIir wish 20 make @p.'Cta |
| provision however limit ed but - ih. n..-,
OF our ability. for carving ont a GER ain
charitable work in Chrisi's name. not only
during orr lifetime but after The
plan for this trust has occaaionaj my dear
wife and myself many praysrful and happy
| thoughts for wears u IL all His n. and We
gratefully commit u 70 His care and To those
have named. hoping they will act for
Him doing and that long after ua have
yaE-.d away some -omfor' and help NAV
r-a'h SOME poor soul wsiom he Master
, loves
Gen. Dodge died on November = He
was tn. son Of the late illIam r. Dodge.
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