Pace v. Dukes

Candler, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) We deal first with the character of the trust which the deceased sought to create by the terms of his will. Unless it is an exclusively charitable one, it cannot be enforced in a court of equity, and all other questions presented by the record will become moot. “The following subjects are proper matters of charity for the jurisdiction of equity: 1. Relief of aged, impotent, diseased or poor people. 2. Every educational purpose. 3. Religious instruction or worship. 4. Construction or repair of public works, or highways, or other public…