| Alfred Gandy Reeves - 1904 - 998 pages
...for which such donations are made. He said : " A charity in a legal sense may be more fully denned as a gift to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, — either by bringing their hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1904 - 1152 pages
...Mr. Justice Gray, when of the supreme court of Massachusetts, "in a legal sense, may be fully denned as a gift to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite numl>er of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion,... | |
| 1904 - 1032 pages
...Phillips, 96 Mass. (14 Allen) 539, 556. Appeal of Strong, 37 Atl. 395, 396, 68 Conn. 527. A charity is "a gift to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their hearts under the influence of education or religion,... | |
| 1905 - 1102 pages
...14 Allen, 556, a charity was defined by Justice Gray as follows : "A charity, in legal sense, may bo more fully defined as a gift to be applied consistently...existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, cither by bringing their minds or hearts under the inüuence of education or religion, by... | |
| Ohio. Courts - 1905 - 750 pages
...therefor." 12 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law (2d Ed.), 342. "A charity, in the legal sense of the term, may be 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, by... | |
| Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1905 - 1020 pages
...flourishing condition, and is non-sectarian and non-political. Charitable Trusts. A charitable trust is <(a gift, to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or their hearts under the influence of education or religion,... | |
| 1906 - 1270 pages
...16 L. Ed. 701. And he then proceeds to formulate the following comprehensive rule: 'A charity in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift,...existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion, by... | |
| 1907 - 1318 pages
...p. 894, 2d ed. ) and the Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure (see vol. 6, p. 900) define public charity 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, by... | |
| Albert Hutchinson Putney - 1908 - 366 pages
...court in the case of Crerar vs. Williams, 145 11l., 625; 34 NE, 467. It is as follows: 'A charity in a legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift,...existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1908 - 1196 pages
...on page 556, denned a charity as follows : "A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully denned as a gift, to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, 335 either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion,... | |
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