Bartlett v. Crawford
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Pulaski Circuit Court. Hon. J. W. Martin, Circuit Judge. Cited, act of July 22,1868, {Pamph. Acts, p. 154) ; sec. 2,. Acts of 1869, p. 136. Act must be liberally construed. 2 Story Eq. Ju., secs. 1139, 1161, b, et seq., 1192. Statute of limitation does not run against a charitable-trust. 2 ib., 1192, a. There was money in the treasury properly appropriated, for this claim. App. act of 1879, p. 103 of Pamph. Acts.
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APPEAL from Pulaski Circuit Court. Hon. J. W. Martin, Circuit Judge. Cited, act of July 22,1868, {Pamph. Acts, p. 154) ; sec. 2,. Acts of 1869, p. 136. Act must be liberally construed. 2 Story Eq. Ju., secs. 1139, 1161, b, et seq., 1192. Statute of limitation does not run against a charitable-trust. 2 ib., 1192, a. There was money in the treasury properly appropriated, for this claim. App. act of 1879, p. 103 of Pamph. Acts. State might dispose of the property in its discretion. It. made no provision for disbursement of the fund. Underact of March 8, 1877, it was properly paid into the…
1Opinion of the CourtEnglish, C. J.
The legislation directly bearing on the-question of law presented in this case, follows :
By section nine of the act of July 22, 1868, {Acts 1868, •p. 157), to provide for the removal of the Institute for the-Blind from Arkadelphia to Little Rock, the trustees of the-institute were empowered “ to sell all surplus furniture and other property not needed for'the" use of the institute, including the house and grounds at Arkadelphia and apply •the proceeds arising from such sales to the improvement of the grounds to be purchased at Little Nock, or to the payment of materials or labor in…
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