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Vidal Vs. Girard's Executors

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 01, 1844

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  1. Vidal v. Girard's
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  2. Executors - 43 U.S. 127 (1844) U.S. Supreme Court Vidal v. Girard's
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  3. Executors, 43 U.S. 2 How. 127 127 (1844) Vidal v. Girard's
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  4. in the sense of the common law. The decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the case of Zimmerman v. Andres
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  5. Page 43 U. S. 128 The present case distinguished from the case of Trustees of Philadelphia Baptist Association v. Hart's
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  6. but a single case may suffice. In Sonley v. Clockmaker's
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  7. but collateral to them -- nay, for the benefit of a stranger or of another corporation. In the case of Green v. Rutherforth
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  8. force in that state. But then it has been solemnly and recently adjudged by the same court, in the case of Zimmerman v. Andres
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  9. Nor is this any new doctrine in that court, for it was formally promulgated in the case of Witman v. Lex
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  10. the charity fails, and the decision of this Court in the case of Trustees of the Philadelphia Baptist Association v. Hart's
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  11. as valid appointments under the statute of 43 Elizabeth. The dictum of Lord Loughborough in Attorney General v. Bowyer
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  12. been acted upon not only subsequent but antecedent to that statute. Such was the opinion of Sir Joseph Jekyll in Eyre v. Countess
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  13. Eq.Abr., 710, pl. 2, and that of Lord Northington in Attorney General v. Tancred
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  14. s.c. Amb., 351, 1 W.Bl. 90, and that of Lord Chief Justice Wilmot in his elaborate judgment in Attorney General v. Lady
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  15. Wilmot's Notes 1, 26, given after an examination of all the leading authorities. Lord Eldon, in Attorney General v. Skinner's
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  16. were sustained. Sir John Leach, in the case of a charitable use before the Statute of Elizabeth, Attorney General v. Master
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  17. But what is still more important is the declaration of Lord Redesdale, a great judge in equity, in Attorney General v. Mayor
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  18. Elizabeth. In addition to these dicta and doctrines, there is the very recent case of the Incorporated Society v. Richards
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  19. might properly be entertained upon the subject when the case of the Trustees of Philadelphia Baptist Association v. Hart's
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  20. courts to act. This is abundantly established in the cases cited at the bar, and especially by the case of Witman v. Lex
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  21. of believers or the injury of the public. Such was the doctrine of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Updegraff v. Commonwealth
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  22. U.S. Supreme Court Vidal v. Girard's
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  23. of Zimmerman v. Andres
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  24. of Trustees of Philadelphia Baptist Association v. Hart's
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  25. In Sonley v. Clockmaker's
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  26. of Green v. Rutherforth
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  27. of Witman v. Lex
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  28. of Trustees of the Philadelphia Baptist Association v. Hart's
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  29. Attorney General v. Bowyer
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  30. Eyre v. Countess
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  31. Attorney General v. Tancred
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  32. Attorney General v. Lady
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  33. Attorney General v. Skinner's
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  34. the Statute of Elizabeth, Attorney General v. Master
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  35. Attorney General v. Mayor
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  36. of the Incorporated Society v. Richards
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  37. of the Trustees of Philadelphia Baptist Association v. Hart's
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  38. Updegraff v. Commonwealth
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