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Supreme Court of New Jersey - 65 A.2d 843, 2 N.J. 167
Tags: Property, Trusts and estates,
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When the express purpose of a will is impossible to carry out, the court will look to the testator's general intent in construing the will.Video Summary
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The case concerns the interpretation of a will and the validity of a charitable trust for scientific and philosophical research at Princeton University. The lower court found the trust to be valid under the doctrine of cy pres, despite the Vice-Chancellor's determination that the purpose of the trust was impossible to achieve. The appellant argues that the testator did not have a general charitable intent, but rather intended to complete and publish his research. The trust has a general charitable intention to advance education and learning, and it benefits a sufficiently large or indefinite class of people to give rise to community interest. The testator's intention in creating the trust was to use his "Random Scientific Notes" as the basis for continued philosophical and metaphysical research that would benefit mankind. The charitable intent of the trust does not depend on the scientific validity of his views or the depth of his understanding. The test of beneficence is met if the benefit is believed to be of public advantage, and the belief is at least rational and not contrary to the general law of the land or principles of morality.
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