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cy pres doctrine in Florida

5 Florida opinions name it 3 courts 1930–2011 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Florida 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.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Sheldon v. Powellgreen
fla · 1930 · cited in 2 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1949–1952
2 sentences

1952See Sheldon v. Powell, 99 Fla. 782 , 128 So. 258 ; Bogert on Trusts, Vol 2, pp. 1300-1306, par. 434.

1952See Sheldon v. Powell, 99 Fla. 782 , 128 So. 258 ; Bogert on Trusts, Vol 2, pp. 1300-1306, par. 434.

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Christian Herald Ass'n v. First Nat. Bank of Tampagreen
fla · 1949 · cited in 3 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1952–2011
2 sentences

2011Christian Herald Ass’n v. First Nat’l Bank of Tampa, 40 So.2d 563, 568 (Fla.1949).

2011See, e.g., Lewis v. Gaillard, 61 Fla. 819, 842-43 , 56 So. 281 , 288 (1911) (applying the cy pres doctrine and holding that the Florida State College for Women was entitled to receive income from the testator’s estate, even though the testator’s will named the college’s predecessor institution, West Florida Seminary, as the beneficiary); Christian Herald, 40 So.2d at 568 (holding where testator devised property to dissolved charitable corporation, the successor in interest of the dissolved corporation became entitled to such property under the cy pres doctrine).

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Lewis v. Gaillardgreen
fla · 1911 · cited in 2 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1930–2011
2 sentences

2011See, e.g., Lewis v. Gaillard, 61 Fla. 819, 842-43 , 56 So. 281 , 288 (1911) (applying the cy pres doctrine and holding that the Florida State College for Women was entitled to receive income from the testator’s estate, even though the testator’s will named the college’s predecessor institution, West Florida Seminary, as the beneficiary); Christian Herald, 40 So.2d at 568 (holding where testator devised property to dissolved charitable corporation, the successor in interest of the dissolved corporation became entitled to such property under the cy pres doctrine).

1930Lewis v. Gaillard, 61 Fla. 819 , 56 So.

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Humana, Inc. v. Estate of Scheyinggreen
fladistctapp · 1986 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2011–2011
1 sentence

2011Florida courts have held that “the misnomer of a devisee will not cause the devise to fail where the identity of the devisee can be identified with certainty.” Humana, Inc. v. Estate of Scheying, 483 So.2d 113, 114 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Where else courts name it

NY 103 (1903–2025) PA 61 (1923–2025) CA 33 (1901–2010) IL 28 (1905–2012) NJ 23 (1910–2024) MA 22 (1904–2025) TX 18 (1927–2025) CT 17 (1893–2023) OH 16 (1916–2025) MO 12 (1951–2014) IA 11 (1903–2019) KY 11 (1923–2010) WI 10 (1888–2019) ME 10 (1917–2025) MI 8 (1927–1986) AL 7 (1907–2006) KS 7 (1941–1992) GA 7 (1964–2009) OR 7 (1927–1990) LA 6 (1956–2018) VA 6 (1946–2023) MD 6 (1912–2002) AR 6 (1949–2017) RI 6 (1929–2007) NE 5 (1908–2003) IN 5 (1913–2005) NC 5 (1972–2003) FL 5 (1930–2011) DE 5 (1925–1994) CO 5 (1993–2026) UT 4 (1982–2013) TN 4 (2006–2011) MN 4 (1962–2004) AZ 4 (1947–1992) HI 3 (1970–2006) DC 3 (1977–1990) MS 3 (1987–2009) WV 3 (1941–1993) SC 3 (1961–2007) WA 3 (1948–2011) ND 2 (1986–2016)

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.

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