In re Richmond County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Per curiam
This appeal involves the application of the cy pres doctrine to the distribution of the funds of Richmond County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a dissolved charitable corporation. The proceeding was instituted <n December, 1954 by the petition of 8 of the 9 directors of that society, pursuant to section 56 of the Membership Corporations Law, for an order authorizing the transfer of all its funds, assets and securities to the Staten Island Mental Health Society, Inc., “ or such other corporation or corporations as to the Court may seem just and proper ”. The petition…
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