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Attorneys for the Corporation took the latest step in the Arnold Arboretum case on Wednesday, in filing an answer to an action pending before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In "Answer to Revised Information," the attorneys set forth the University's position in a controversy which has existed since the...
Branding the suit an attempt "to vindicate the views and interests of a group of individuals rather than the interest of the public generally," the University's attorneys moved for the dismissal of the case.
The suit, begun in December, 1958, in the name of Attorney General Edward F. McCormack, Jr., who is responsible for public trusts, charges Harvard with failure to discharge its duties as sole Trustee of the Arboretum. The dispute arose when books and plants were removed from the grounds of the...
The removal was carried out in 1954 after the former Attorney General, the late George Fingold, found no violation of trust in the matter. It involved recataloguing and storing the material in the building constructed to house the botanical collections belonging to the University. When the transfer took place, the...
The court, the highest in the state, has taken no action as yet upon the Corporation's reply. Warren F. Farr, an attorney for the University, feels that the next step will be an informal hearing before a court-appointed master.