Boy Scouts May Sell Camp Held in 80-Year-Old Trust
Court says proceeds must be used for camping by local scout troops
In 1944, George G. Averill conveyed 330 acres of land in Kennebec County, ME, now known as Camp Bomazeen, to himself and others as trustees to be used as a camp for the Boy Scouts of America. The deed allowed the trustees to sell any or all of the property with written consent of the local council of Boy Scouts, provided that the proceeds of the transaction “shall be used for the purposes and under the conditions” of the trust deed. The deed also provided that if all of the trustees had died, resigned or failed to act, the local council should appoint successors, but if it failed to do so, title would vest in the local council subject to the terms of the deed of trust. In 2008, after the...
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