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KNIGHTS OF EQUITY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS COMM. v. UNIV. OF DETROIT

Docket No. 49, Calendar No. 48,055.

359 Mich. 235 (1960)

102 N.W.2d 463

KNIGHTS OF EQUITY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS COMMISSION v. UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 11, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John V. Moran, for plaintiff.

Wurzer, Higgins & Starrs (John T. Higgins, John R. Starrs and Robert A. Macdonell, of counsel), for defendant.

SMITH, J.

The controlling issue in this case is whether a trust has been created or an ordinary contract executed.

The matter arises thus: The Knights of Equity was an organization devoted to the advancement and welfare of persons of Irish descent. It owned certain property in the city of Detroit. In 1924, the corporation ("the old Knights of Equity corporation") was being dissolved. It had no further use for its property. Various dispositions thereof were...

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