Mississippi Children's Home Society v. City of Jackson

We are concerned here with a charitable trust where the donor declares how the gift shall be used in the event of certain conditions terminating the charitable use to which he, in the first instance, provided that it should be devoted. The issue is whether the first taker, under the equitable doctrine of deviation from administrative requirements because of changed circumstances, should be permitted to sell the land and continue to devote the proceeds to the charitable purposes of the first donee. We think not.

Appellant Mississippi Children’s Home Society, called “Society”, brought this suit…