Legal Opinion
Gallaudet University v. National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided September 4, 1997No. 1733, September Term, 1996PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRELL, Judge.
Gallaudet University (Gallaudet) appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in which the court, employing the equitable doctrine of cy pres as conferred upon it by the legislature in Md.Code (1974, 1991 Repl.Vol., 1996 Supp.) Est. & Trusts § 14-302, saved an ineffective bequest to charity and awarded The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (the DAR) a portion of the residuary estate of Mrs. Olive Swindells. Appellant contends that (1) the circuit court should have applied Md.Code, Est. & Trusts § 4-404, rather than cy pres, to…
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