Word: trusts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...petitioners, supported by the Association for the Arnold arboretum, had brought suit against the state Attorney-General, contesting his decision not to prosecute the University for alleged breach of public trust. Chief Justice Stanley E. Qua of the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the Court has no legal right to review the decisions of the State's Attorney-General...
...Association's legal recourses seem to be exhausted. Under Massachusetts law there are only two alternatives for an inquiry into the actions of the University as trustee of the Arnold Arboretum. Either the Attorney-General can bring suit against Harvard for breach of public trust in removing Arboretum materials, or the University can apply to the courts for instructions concerning the legality of its actions...
...excellent is thy loving kindness, 0 God! Therefore the children of men put thei trust under the shadow of thy wings. They shall be abundantly satisfied...
Last summer, the University transferred the least useful and most scholarly of the books and herbarium specimens. The books were all labeled to indicate their source; the herbarium--a collection of dried specimens--was not specifically mentioned in the original Arnold Trust, established...
...opinion," the court ruled, "the decision of the Attorney-General not to permit the use of his name in a suit against the College for alleged breach of a public charitable trust was a purely executive decision which is not review-able in a court of justice. The duty of taking action to protect public charitable trusts and to enforce proper application of their funds rests solely upon the Attorney-General as the representative of the public interest...