Legal Opinion

Cod v. Camp Richard Campers Ass'n, Inc.

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided January 19, 2018No. 17–P–514Published

1Opinion of the Court

The defendants appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, entered after hearing on the parties' cross motions for summary judgment, declaring that the plaintiff Cape Cod & Islands Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America, Inc. (council), holds title, as trustee, to a certain 100-acre camp on Nantucket known as Camp Richard (camp), subject to the conditions of an implied charitable trust.

On appeal, the parties do not dispute the judge's determination that the 1955, 1971, and 1972 deeds3 evidenced a clear intent to convey the camp subject to a charitable trust encompassing the duty to reconvey…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Byam v. BickfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
  2. Harrison v. MarcusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  3. Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. New York Guild for the Jewish BlindAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
  4. Cohen v. City of LynnMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
  5. Pritchard v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010

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