charitable trust
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 74 U.S. 1 - Girard v. Philadelphia · 1868Most cited · 55 citing opinions
rule against failure
Charity never fails; and it is the right, as well as the duty of the sovereign, by its courts and public officers, as also by legislation (if needed), to have the charities properly administered.
How often courts cite the case defining “charitable trust”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “charitable trust” — 55 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.