6 Rhode Island opinions name it 2 courts 1929–2007 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Rhode Island courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Prince v. Robertsgreen2 sentences2007See id. *Page 5 Even if this Court were to attempt a cy pres modification of the trust, its primary purpose of supporting an extended care wing being originally accomplished yet now frustrated, the statute would require the Court to then "carry out the intents of the donor as near as may be." Id. 2007See id. *Page 5 Even if this Court were to attempt a cy pres modification of the trust, its primary purpose of supporting an extended care wing being originally accomplished yet now frustrated, the statute would require the Court to then "carry out the intents of the donor as near as may be." Id. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Rhode Island. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. v. Williams
green
2 sentences2002Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. v. Williams, 148 A. 189 (R.I. 1929). 1937See also Codman v. Brigham, supra, 313 ; Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. v. Williams, supra; and an excellent note to the report of the latter case, in 74 A. L. | 2 | 1937–2002 |
Kelly v. Nichols
neutral
1 sentence1968However noteworthy *547 an aim that may have been, it suffers from the same infirmity as the purported charitable gift in Kelly v. Nichols, supra. Nor are we of the belief that it is a gift which lessens the burdens of government. | 1 | 1968–1968 |
Payne v. City of Providence
neutral
1 sentence1951If the controversy were to proceed in the district court that court would have to determine that question itself since the court of appeals has now held that it cannot rely on City of Providence v. Payne, supra, as an adjudication of that issue. | 1 | 1951–1951 |
City of Providence v. Payne
green
1 sentence1951The city moved to dismiss the action on the ground that the decision of this court in City of Providence v. Payne, supra, had settled the construction of the testamentary trust as a public charity to which the cy pres doctrine could be applied by the superior court where a suit *162 for such purpose was then pending. | 1 | 1951–1951 |
Brown v. Condit
green
1 sentence1937Eq. 440, 61 A. 1055 , in which the court held that the trust there in question had failed. | 1 | 1937–1937 |
Hubbard v. Worcester Art Museum
green
1 sentence1929Hodge v. Wellman, 191 Iowa, 877 ; Hubbard v. Worcester Art Museum, 194 Mass. 280 ; Wood v. Trustees, supra. Respondent Wooldridge, however, urges that lapse by dissolution of the “Bristol Cottage Hospital” having occurred the gift failed and intestacy resulted as to the portion of the residuary bequest to the Bristol Cottage Hospital. | 1 | 1929–1929 |
Hodge v. Wellman
neutral
1 sentence1929Hodge v. Wellman, 191 Iowa, 877 ; Hubbard v. Worcester Art Museum, 194 Mass. 280 ; Wood v. Trustees, supra. Respondent Wooldridge, however, urges that lapse by dissolution of the “Bristol Cottage Hospital” having occurred the gift failed and intestacy resulted as to the portion of the residuary bequest to the Bristol Cottage Hospital. | 1 | 1929–1929 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.