Legal Opinion
Creech v. Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 8, 1954No. 18764PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
1. While a hospital is not per se a subject of charity as defined in Code § 108-203, and depends upon the service given as to whether or not it is a subject of charity within the meaning of the above statute (Taylor v. Trustees of Jesse Parker Williams Hospital, 190 Ga. 349 (2), 9 S. E. 2d 165), nevertheless the devise “to the Masonic Hospital of Georgia, for tubercular children” is a charitable bequest within the meaning of the provisions of that Code section, to wit, “other similar subjects, having for their object the relief of human suffering or the promotion of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Beckwith v. Rector, Wardens & Vestrymen of St. Philip's ParishSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
- Goree v. Georgia Industrial HomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Mitchell v. TurnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Taylor v. Trustees of Jesse Parker Williams HospitalSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
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