Capital Lodge No. 87 v. Pfund
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the CourtPeek, J.
This is an appeal upon the judgment roll alone from that portion of the decree of distribution declaring void a bequest of $1,000 upon the grounds that the legatee was not a cemetery authority within the meaning of chapter 4, articles 2 and 4, division 8, part 3 of the Health and Safety Code; that the trust attempted to be created was not a charitable use and is void in that it purports to create a perpetuity in violation of section 9, article XX of the Constitution of this state.
*445The particular provision of the will provided as follows:
“To Capital Lodge No. 87 of the Independent Order of Odd…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People ex rel. Ellert v. CogswellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
- Collier v. LindleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
- Fay v. HoweCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
- Hiram Lodge No. 18 v. CoxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1929
- Estate of GayCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
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- Estate of PfundCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
- Campbell v. Christ Protestant Episcopal Church of WellsburgCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971