Legal Opinion

King v. Richardson

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided June 19, 1943No. 5042PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

These are cross appeals in a suit to enforce a trust with respect to a remainder interest in certain stock of the Vick Chemical Company, devised by the will of the late Lunsford Richardson to Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro, N. C. with direction to use the “profits or dividends” arising therefrom for the benefit of “Home and Foreign Missions and the benevolent causes of the church, in such proportion as the trustees deem best”. Plaintiffs are the Trustees of the church and certain corporations engaged in carrying on benevolent causes of the…

2Cases cited58 opinions

  1. United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Stone v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Smith v. AyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Oliver v. PiattSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
  5. Tilden v. . GreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1891

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  2. Wilson v. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, REIDSVILLE, NCSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
  3. In Re the Estate of MilesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
  4. Brown v. McLanahanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1945
  5. In Re BarnesUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Michigan · 2001

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