Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Ryland
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 6, 1960No. 5-2195Published
1Opinion of the Court
336 S.W.2d 52 (1960)
Robert W. ANDERSON, Taxpayer, Appellant,
v.
W. M. RYLAND et al., as Trustees of Merrill Board, Appellees.
No. 5-2195.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
June 6, 1960.
Major Joe Holmes, Pine Bluff, for appellant.
Coleman, Gantt & Ramsay, E. Harley Cox, Jr., Pine Bluff, for appellees.
McFADDIN, Justice.
The question here presented is the power of a court of equity to sanction a deviation from one portion of a charitable trust instrument in order to accomplish the larger purpose of the charitable trust. Stated another way, the question is the power of a court of equity to permit a sale of the…
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- Amory v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Slade v. GammillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956
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