CAMPBELL v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF JAMES, ETC.

Record Nos. 771712, 771713.

260 S.E.2d 204 (1979)

Joseph H. CAMPBELL, etc. v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the JAMES BARRY-ROBINSON HOME FOR BOYS. John Joseph BAECHER v. T. David FITZGIBBON, James J. Gara, H. Thomas Grissom, Jr., and Edward V. Power, Trustees, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Hofheimer, Thomas F. McPhaul, Norfolk (Hofheimer, Nusbaum & McPhaul, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant in No. 771712.

Robert Wayne Nunnally, Norfolk, for appellant in No. 771713.

Thomas H. Willcox, Jr., Norfolk (James C. Howell; Willcox, Savage, Lawrence, Dickson & Spindle, P.C., Norfolk, on brief), for appellees in both cases.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


HARRISON, Justice.

These cases involve the construction of a clause in the will of Frederick J. Robinson which created "a Home and School of Arts and Trades for Orphan Boys."1 The trustees under the will, in their most recent request for aid and direction in administering the trust, sought the court's approval of a plan to cease operation of the James Barry-Robinson High School in Norfolk and...

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