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King v. Trustees of Boston University
Facts
Defendant asked King if he would deposit some of his papers in its library’s newly expanded special collections. Several other universities approached King around the same time. Plaintiff testified that King thought the papers would be safest at Defendant’s library, but thought placing them there could subject him to criticism. King deposited some of his papers with Defendant, but in a letter to Defendant, King indicated that the papers would remain his legal property unless otherwise indicated. Two statements from the letter are most important: “All papers and other objects which thus pass into the custody of [BU] remain my legal property until otherwise indicated, according to the statements below.” Later the letter indicates that the papers will be transferred to Defendant in installments until all have been transferred. “In the event of [King’s] death, all . . . materials deposited with [BU] shall become from that date the absolute property of [BU].”
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