 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,...  Reports of the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals - Page 196by United States. Board of Tax Appeals - 1934Full view - About this book
 | Norman Fetter - 1895 - 490 pages
...470, 12 Pac. 480; Soutter v. Miller, 15 Fla. 025. ing their hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease,...constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves for life, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burden... | |
 | Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - 1896 - 668 pages
...indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease,...is so described as to show that it is charitable in its nature." Viewed in the light of these definitions, the articles of incorporation of plaintiff clearly... | |
 | Henry Budd, Ardemus Stewart - 1896 - 828 pages
...indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease,...is so described as to show that it is charitable in its nature :" Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen, (Mass.) 539, 556. According to this, the requisites of... | |
 | Civic Club of Philadelphia. Committee of the Social Science Section - 1896 - 388 pages
...minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from diseases, suffering or constraint,, by assisting them to establish...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government." In Mr. Binney's eloquent appeal in his argument on the Girard will case, he spoke of a charitable gift... | |
 | 1897 - 1088 pages
...indefinite number of persons, cither by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion; by relieving their bodies from disease,...or otherwise lessening the burdens of government." In Perm v. Carey, 24 How. 465, 506, the supreme court of the United States said, "All property held... | |
 | Frank Sumner Rice, William Lawrence Clark - 1897 - 806 pages
...influence of education or religion, or by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering or constraint, or by assisting them to establish themselves in life,...public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burden of government. It is immaterial whether the purpose is called ' charitable' in the gift itself,... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1898 - 716 pages
...of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their hearts under the influence of education or religion by relieving their bodies from disease,...constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves for life, or by erecting and maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burdens... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1898 - 1004 pages
...of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their heart* under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease,...constraint, by assisting them to establish themselves for life, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise lessening the burthens... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1898 - 1014 pages
...of an Indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their hearts under the Influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies from disease, suffering or constraint, by assisting to establish themselves for life, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or otherwise... | |
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