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MOODY v. HAAS

Nos. 710, 723.

493 S.W.2d 555 (1973)

Robert Lee MOODY et al., Appellants, v. Paul R. HAAS et al., Appellees. Paul R. HAAS et al., Appellants, v. Shearn MOODY, Jr., et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. O'Quinn, W. James Kronzer, Kronzer, Abraham & Watkins, Richard B. Miller, John L. Hopwood, II, Baker & Botts, Houston, Robert W. Alexander, V. W. McLeod, McLeod, Alexander, Powel & Apffel, Galveston, for Moody and others.

Richard P. Keeton, Travis C. Broesche, Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, Houston, Charles G. Dibrell, Jr., G. William Rider, Dibrell, Dibrell, Greer & Brown, Galveston, John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Larry F. York, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert B. Davis, Robert L. Lemens, Austin, for Haas and others.

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

In 1942 W. L. Moody, Jr. and his wife, Libby Shearn Moody, executed an instrument by which was established The Moody Foundation. The Moody Foundation as so established exists in perpetuity as a charitable trust for the furtherance of "religious, charitable, scientific and educational uses" within the State of Texas. The trust instrument provides for its administration by three trustees. The three original trustees named in the instrument were...

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