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JOHNSON v. BD. OF TRUSTEES MISS. ANNUAL CON.

No. 54716.

492 So.2d 269 (1986)

Willard JOHNSON v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the MISSISSIPPI ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the METHODIST CHURCH (Former Central Jurisdiction).

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Nichols, Jackson, for appellant.

Lawrence W. Rabb, Martha Gerald, Gerald, Brand, Watters, Cox & Hemleben, Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

By will dated December 15, 1954, Mrs. Georgie Hodges devised certain real property in Jackson to appellee's predecessor, The Methodist Conference, in trust "for the benefit of needy colored children". Mrs. Hodges' will directed that the property not be sold for ten years, with the income therefrom to be used as a scholarship fund for the education of colored children. The will stated that if it should appear to be in the best interest...

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