William Buchanan Foundation v. Shepperd

FANNING, Justice.

This was a suit for declaratory judgment brought by John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General of Texas, to determine the beneficiaries of a charitable trust created by William Buchanan, with prayer for in-junctive relief. The defendants were The William Buchanan Foundation and its Trustees; the Board of Regents of the University of Texas and the members thereof; the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas and certain members thereof, the State of Arkansas, its Governor and its Attorney General. Answers were filed by all defendants except the Arkansas defendants above named,…