City of Hughes Springs v. Hughes Springs Volunteer Ambulance Service, Inc.

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

The Hughes Springs Volunteer Ambulance Service, a nonprofit corporation originally established “to operate an ambulance service,” no longer fulfills that original purpose. A claim seeking to have a receiver appointed for the Service, or alternatively to dissolve the Service, was brought by two parties: the City of Hughes Springs, which claims to be a creditor of the Service and an “irrevocable beneficiary” of the Service’s assets on dissolution, and Deborah Abernathy, a member of the Service. After a bench trial, the petition to dissolve was denied by…