Byrd Theatre Found. v. Barnett

1 Citing case

  1. Parker v. Austin

    Civil Action No.: 5:14cv00035 (W.D. Va. Jan. 5, 2018)

    The Virginia Supreme Court has defined a beneficiary for these purposes as "a person who receives something of value, which the organization by its charitable purpose, undertakes to provide." Byrd Theatre Found. v. Barnett, 287 Va. 291, 297, 754 S.E.2d 299, 302 (2014) (emphasis omitted) (citing Ola, 270 Va. at 563, 621 S.E.2d at 77). In other words, "a person is a beneficiary of charity if he or she has a 'beneficial relationship' to the charitable organization."