Legal Opinion

Sparks v. Woolverton

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 17, 1924No. 6 Div. 1PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.

There can be no question as to the validity of the testator’s gift to the trustees of Birmingham College as a public charity, if under the terms of the trust its beneficiaries can be ascertained with reasonable certainty. Johns v. B’ham. Trust & Sav. Co., 205 Ala. 535, 88 South. 835; Alstork v. Curry, 207 Ala. 135, 91 South. 796; Woodroof v. Hundley, 147 Ala. 287, 39 South. 907; Williams v. Pearson, 38 Ala. 299; Dodge v. Williams, 46 Wis. 70, 1 N. W. 92, 50 N. W. 1103; Hadley v. Forsee, 203 Mo. 418, 101 S. W. 59, 14 L. R. A. (N. S.) 49, note, 94, 123; Clayton v. Hallett, 30 Colo. 231, 70 Pac.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Dodge v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Kaplan v. ColemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
  3. Williams v. PearsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1862
  4. Adams v. MessingerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  5. N.Y. Institution for the Blind v. . How's Ex'rs.New York Court of Appeals · 1854

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Henderson v. Troy Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1948
  2. Mastin v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF MOBILE, ETC.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  3. Noble v. First Nat. BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  4. Noble v. First Nat. Bank of AnnistonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941

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