Legal Opinion

St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center v. Hansgen

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided September 24, 1992No. 1 CA-CV 90-300PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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VOSS, Judge.

In this appeal we must construe a testamentary trust written in 1930. Since the time of the testator’s death circumstances have changed substantially so that the terms of the charitable trust are outmoded. The heirs of the testator ask us to hold that the trust has failed and the estate should be distributed to them. The beneficiary of the trust requests that we deviate from the terms of the trust by application of the doctrines of cy pres or equitable deviation.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Dr. Robert Wallace Craig was a physician who came to Arizona in 1898 suffering from…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Orme School v. ReevesArizona Supreme Court · 1990
  2. Gilbert v. Board of Medical ExaminersCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1987
  3. Barassi v. MatisonArizona Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Cherry Bekaert & Holland v. BrownCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1990
  5. Maganas v. NorthroupArizona Supreme Court · 1975

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Matter of Estate of CraigCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1992
  2. Trantor v. FredriksonCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1993

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