Wambersie v. Orange Humane Society

Citations

• 84 Va. 446
• 5 S.E. 25
• 1888 Va. LEXIS 95

Syllabus

<p>Corporations—State’s control—Repeal of Charter.—In 1769, M. bequeathed his estate in trust for the education of the poor children of Orange county. Until 1811 this trust remained unadministered. Then the legislature chartered the Orange Humane Society to administer it, which it did till 1876, when the legislature repealed the act of 1811, and transferred the fund to the Orange county school board.</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>This fund had been dedicated to public uses; the said “society ” was a quasi public corporation; over it the legislature as parens patrim, had exclusive control; and the act repealing its charter was a valid act.</p>