Carlisle County v. Norris

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sampson

Affirming.

Conceiving that the city of Bardwell and the county of Carlisle needed a new public cemetery, appellee Norris in 1912 conveyed a tract of about 30 acres of land to certain named trustees and their successors, to be laid off, held and used as a public burying ground for the use of the public. At a later date he conveyed an addditional tract to the same trustees and at another time he placed $5,000.00 on deposit in a bank, the income and profits to be employed for the use and benefit of the public by the trustees in improving the property as…