All estates granted for the maintenance of the ministry of the gospel, or of schools of learning, or for the relief of the poor, or for the preservation, care and maintenance of any cemetery, cemetery lot or monuments thereon, or for any other public and charitable use, shall forever remain to the uses to which they were granted, according to the true intent and meaning of the grantor, and to no other use whatever.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 47-2
Charitable uses
Known as the Dormant Mineral Interests Act
The act spans §§ 47–47 (84 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Winsted Memorial Hospital (2000)
Most recently applied in Rocque v. Blumenthal, No. Cv 99 0080072s (Jul. 28, 2000) (July 2000)
(1949 Rev., S. 7082.)
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.