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GALLAUDET UNIV. v. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF DAR

No. 1733, September Term, 1996.

699 A.2d 531 (1997)

117 Md. App. 171

GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY v. The NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, et al.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

September 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott T. Kragie (Stephanie A. Goldfine and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Christine N. Kearns (Michelle M. Huhnke and Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, on the brief), Washington, DC, for Appellees.

Argued before HARRELL, SALMON and THIEME, JJ.

HARRELL, Judge.

Gallaudet University (Gallaudet) appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in which the court, employing the equitable doctrine of cy pres as conferred upon it by the legislature in Md. Code (1974, 1991 Repl.Vol., 1996 Supp.) Est. & Trusts § 14-302, saved an ineffective bequest to charity and awarded The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (the...

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