Legal Opinion
Bok v. McCaughn
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 21, 1930No. 4292PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
On July 1, 1921, Edward Bok, by indenture signed by himself as founder, by certain others as trustees and by the Girard Trust Company, as depository, transferred securities owned by himself aggregating $210,000, and increased by subsequent amounts. The instrument provided as follows:
“Whereas the Founder believes that service to others tends to make lives happy and communities prosperous and that the ideal of service as a test of good citizenship should be kept constantly before the minds of the people of Philadelphia in general and of the young in particular; and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- VIDAL v. Girard's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Ould v. Washington Hospital for FoundlingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Perin Ex Rel. Perin v. CareySupreme Court of the United States · 1861
3Cited by28 opinions
- Harold Dejong and Marjorie J. Dejong v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Community Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Gimbel v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1931
- Harrison v. Barker Annuity FundCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1937
- Arthur Jordan Foundation v. Commissioner of Internal ReveuneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
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