Girard Will Case

Concurring Opinion by

Mr. Justice Bell:

Stephen Girard left (most of) his enormous estate to establish a perpetual orphan home and college for “poor white male orphans”. I fully agree with everything that Chief Justice Stern has said in his exceptionally able opinion. However, since appellants, in order to convert a private charitable orphanage establishment into a publicly owned and publicly sustained public school, i.e., “a segregation case”, have distorted the plain language and the clear meaning of Girard’s will, as well as the principles and legal effect of numerous authorities, I deem it…