National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution v. Goodman

SONNER, Judge.

This case represents an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, which rejected a claim by appellant, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (“DAR”), to a portion of the estate of one of its deceased members. The court found that appellant failed to establish a general charitable intent on the part of the testator, and therefore declined to apply the equitable doctrine of cy pres 1 to reform the testator’s ineffective bequest. We are now called upon to decide the following issues:

I. Did the trial court abuse its discretion in…