Legal Opinion

Boyd v. Frost National Bank of S.A.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 10, 1946No. A-630PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Simpson

Mrs. Myra Stafford Pryor, by a will dated December 14, 1938, and a codicil added January 29, 1943, devised all her property, with the exception of certain personal bequests and other specific charitable bequests, to a general charitable trust in perpetuity, to be designated the “Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust.” The language by which she sought to establish this trust is found in paragraph IV of the original will, reading:

“It is my primary purpose and intent that the trust hereby created shall be a charitable trust, and shall be and is designated the ‘MYRA STAFFORD PRYOR CHARITABLE…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. VIDAL v. Girard's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
  2. Trustees of the Philadelphia Baptist Ass'n v. Hart's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  3. Carrier v. . CarrierNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
  4. City of Houston v. Scottish Rite Benevolent Ass'nTexas Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Powers v. First Natl. Bank of CorsicanaTexas Supreme Court · 1942

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3Cited by98 opinions

  1. River Oaks Garden Club v. City of HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Hinson v. HinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Reed v. City of WacoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
  4. Van Hoose v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
  5. Coffee v. William Marsh Rice UniversityTexas Supreme Court · 1966

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