SAMUELS v. ATTORNEY GENERAL


373 Mass. 844 (1977)

370 N.E.2d 698

ISRAEL N. SAMUELS & others vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel W. Gaffer for Israel N. Samuels & others.

Joseph Wine, for Arthur I. Teplitz & others, submitted a brief.

Mary Joann Reedy, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Willard C. Lombard for James C. Bayley.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

The question before us is whether funds of the Massachusetts Pythian Relief Fund (Fund) can properly be used for the purchase of land and the construction of a regional hall for the use of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of the Domain of Massachusetts (Lodge). A judge of a Probate Court ruled that the Fund is subject to the principles and rules applicable to charitable trusts, and that it may not be so used. Appeals were taken, and we allowed the...

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