Furman University v. McLeod

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• holding the circuit court was authorized to deviate from the strict terms of the trust because the intent of the testator was to benefit the school
• allowing university trustees, in light of changed conditions related to growth of city, advent of automobile, and changes in neighborhood, to deviate from trust established by nineteenth century deeds by selling original college sites and relocating university to area outside city
• “[T]he Court of Equity has the power upon a proper showing, to permit a deviation from the strict terms of a trust if necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes thereof.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).