 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1898 - 924 pages
...be applied consistently with existing laws for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons * * * by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government." In the Livesey c. Jones. case in hand, however, there is no intention to confine the gift to the people... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1878 - 738 pages
...disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves for life, or by erecting and maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens of government." " And," he adds, "it is immaterial whether the purpose is called charitable in the gift itself, if... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1870 - 914 pages
...bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint; by assisting them to establish themselves in life ; by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works,...otherwise lessening the burdens of government. It was here held that a bequest for the publication of books and papers and making addresses to influence... | |
 | GEO. TUCKER BISPHAM - 1874 - 610 pages
...denominated superstitious.2 A trust, however, for an infidel society cannot be sustained.3 123. 4. Gifts for erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens of government ;4 and under this head may be comprehended all trusts for the building or repair of bridges, ports,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1877 - 908 pages
...bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint ; by assisting them to establish themselves in life ; by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works,...otherwise lessening the burdens of government. It was here held that a bequest for the publication of books and papers and making addresses to influence... | |
 | John Hoff Stewart - 1878 - 738 pages
...disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves for life, or by erecting and maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens of government," " And," he adds, " it is immaterial whether the purpose is called charitable in the gift itself, if... | |
 | Timothy Walker - 1882 - 850 pages
...their bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves in life, by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works,...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government." Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen, 53!). The rules of English chancery are extremely liberal in sustaining... | |
 | 1889 - 956 pages
...orreligion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering, or constraint, by assisting themselves to establish themselves in life, or by erecting or...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government." This definition has been cited approvingly, not only by text writers, but by other courts. In Miller... | |
 | 1915 - 1322 pages
...sick. In 6 Oyc. 900, a public charity is defined: "To be a gift, to be applied consistently with the existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government." The Speers Hospital has been so conducted and was so endowed and maintained that no private gain has... | |
 | George Tucker Bispham - 1887 - 760 pages
...denominated superstitious.2 A trust, however, for an infidel society cannot be sustained.3 123. 4. Gifts for erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens of government;4 and under this head may be comprehended all trusts for the building or repair of bridges,... | |
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A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion,... 
