Dashiell v. Attorney General
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore county coiirt sitting ás a court of .. - . . , > j , . . equity. Tliis was an uilormation and bill of complaint tiled , i , „ 1 m the name of the Attorney General, at and by the rela- , * ’J * f tJon 0f the trustees of Hillsborough school in Caroline and the vestry of Saint Peter*s churcli in the °f Baltimore, and the trustees of Saint Peter’s school the said city, oh the behalf of themselves and of Peter Éumué, &c. poor children belonging to the…
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Appeal from Baltimore county coiirt sitting ás a court of .. - . . , > j , . . equity. Tliis was an uilormation and bill of complaint tiled , i , „ 1 m the name of the Attorney General, at and by the rela- , * ’J * f tJon 0f the trustees of Hillsborough school in Caroline and the vestry of Saint Peter*s churcli in the °f Baltimore, and the trustees of Saint Peter’s school the said city, oh the behalf of themselves and of Peter Éumué, &c. poor children belonging to the congtogatioii Protestant Episcopal Church in the city of Saint Peter of Baltimore, and of the rest of the poof children…
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
delivered the opinion of- the court. • This, ease ha? been ably and elaborately discussed; and on an. attentive examination of the numerous authorities referred: to, and relied upon in argument by the counsel on either’ side, we have come to this conclusion:. That the peculiar law of charities originated in the statute 43 Elizabeth, for. regulating- charitable uses, and that independent of that-statute, a court of chancery cannot,, in the exercise of its. ordinary jurisdiction, sustain and enforce a bequest to charitable uses, which, if not a charity, would- on general", principles be void;…
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