Blocker v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
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
- Slay v. Burnett TrustTexas Supreme Court · 1945
- Boyd v. Frost National Bank of S.A.Texas Supreme Court · 1946
- Santa Rosa Infirmary v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1924
- Los Angeles County Pioneer Society v. Historical SocietyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
- Hutcherson v. Sovereign CampTexas Supreme Court · 1923
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- City of Hughes Springs v. Hughes Springs Volunteer Ambulance Service, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2007
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