 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1914 - 768 páginas
...Phillips, 96 Mass. 539, defines a charity as follows : "A charity in its legal sense may be more fully defined as a gift to be applied consistently with...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1905 - 808 páginas
...al., 9-6 Mass. 539, 566 (1867), Justice Gray says : "A charity, in its legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied, consistently with...existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of parsons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1878 - 738 páginas
...objects are within Mr. Justice Gray's definition of charity, in a legal sense. He defines it to be " a gift to be applied consistently with existing laws...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by CONTRA, Cleveland v. Williams, 29 Tex. 204 : sep Murphy v. Hubert, 7 Barr (Pa.) 420; Itlackuiett... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1920 - 684 páginas
...Phillips, 14 Allen, 556, given by Gray, J., as follows: "A charity, in a legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied, consistently with...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving their bodies... | |
 | 1899 - 1354 páginas
...of the State. A very fair definition is found in Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen, 539: " A charity is a gift, to be applied, consistently with existing...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1870 - 914 páginas
...discussed in a recent case.1 The court here, in denning charitable trusts in the abstract, say it is a gift to be applied, consistently with existing laws,...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion ; by relieving... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1873 - 764 páginas
...a charity so far as the objects of it are coucerned : "A charity in a legal sense may be more fully defined as a gift to be applied (consistently with...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons." And in Fontaine vs. Ravenel, 17th Howard, 384, Judge McLean, in delivering the opinion of the Court,... | |
 | John Adams - 1873 - 930 páginas
...Goulburn, 5 Hare 484 ; 1 Jarm. on Wills 192. 1 See Saltonstall r. Sanders, 11 Allen 446. A charity is a gift to be applied consistently with existing laws,...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving... | |
 | GEO. TUCKER BISPHAM - 1874 - 610 páginas
...Court of Massachusetts, in the case of Jackson v. Phillips, has defined a charity in its legal sense as a gift, to be applied consistently with existing...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or their hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving... | |
 | 1920 - 496 páginas
...& S. Ry. Co. v. Williams, USS C 40 Sup. Ct. 71. 15. CharltleH — Gift Defined. — A "charity" is a gift to be applied consistently with existing laws...for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds and hearts under the influence of education or religion, by relieving... | |
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A charity, in the legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift, to be applied consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their minds or hearts under the influence of education or religion,... 
