Ames v. Attorney General

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• noting identity of common law rule and rule codified at M.G.L. ch. 12, § 8
• decision whether to enforce charitable trust is within executive discretion of Attorney General, and members of general public lack private interest in seeking judicial review
• only attorney general may sue to protect public charitable trusts and to enforce their proper application
• “It is well settled that it is the exclusive function of the Attorney General to correct abuses in the administration of a public charity by the institution of proper proceedings.”

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