Legal Opinion

Blocker v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided September 25, 1986No. 01-85-0855-CVPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LEVY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an action brought by the Attorney General of Texas to prevent abuse of a charitable trust, pursuant to Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 4412a (Vernon 1986). The trial court entered judgment declaring a 1984 deed, purportedly conveying property of a charitable eorpo- ration to a private estate, void ab initio and awarded title and possession of the property and certain personalty to a newly constituted charitable organization, impressed with a public charitable trust in perpetuity under the cy pres doctrine. 1

The appeal is before this Court on stipulated…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Slay v. Burnett TrustTexas Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Boyd v. Frost National Bank of S.A.Texas Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Santa Rosa Infirmary v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1924
  4. Los Angeles County Pioneer Society v. Historical SocietyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Hutcherson v. Sovereign CampTexas Supreme Court · 1923

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Abbott v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
  2. BC Ranch II, L.P. v. CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
  3. Baywood Country Club v. Estep, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1996
  4. Salisbury v. Ameritrust Texas, N.A. (In Re Bishop College)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · 1993
  5. City of Hughes Springs v. Hughes Springs Volunteer Ambulance Service, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007

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