Blue Mountain Forest Ass'n v. Borrowe
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity. Facts' found by the court. Transferred from the November term, 1900, of the supreme court by Parsons, J. The Blue Mountain Forest Association is a corporation organized by the late Austin Corbin, under chapter 152 of the General Laws, for the purpose of enabling him to conveniently manage the park owned by him, consisting of about 25,000 acres of land, including Croydon and Grantham mountains, all fenced and stocked with wild animals, located in the towns of…
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Bill in Equity. Facts' found by the court. Transferred from the November term, 1900, of the supreme court by Parsons, J. The Blue Mountain Forest Association is a corporation organized by the late Austin Corbin, under chapter 152 of the General Laws, for the purpose of enabling him to conveniently manage the park owned by him, consisting of about 25,000 acres of land, including Croydon and Grantham mountains, all fenced and stocked with wild animals, located in the towns of Newport, Cornish, Croydon, and Grantham, in establishing and maintaining which he expended in the vicinity of half a…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
One purpose of the founder of the park was to set aside a large tract of uncultivated land for the propagation of wild animals; and it is'apparent that he deemed it essential that some degree of permanency and continuity should be given to the enterprise. He did not expend a half million dollars, as well as much valuable time and investigation, to establish and develop the park, with the expectation that upon his decease it would cease to exist and be divided in severalty among liis heirs. He did not seek to provide for his personal pleasure and gratification alone, which might cease at any…
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