Cy Pres Funds May Go to Hospital Not Recommended by Trustee

Cy Pres Funds May Go to Hospital Not Recommended by Trustee

Court says trial judge should look to donors’ intent at time of making the gifts, not trustee or advisory committee

A trial court has authority to name a specific hospital as the beneficiary of charitable funds even though the trustee holding such funds recommends a hospital foundation and a community organization to benefit when the originally designated hospital went out of existence.

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