MRS. EDDY'S TRUST FUND VOID
: COtJKTS NTJLHFY 2,0i>0.,000 DOLLARS BEQUEST-. ) A' trust' estimated at 2,0M;0Q0 dola, j created by the will of Mrs, Mary Baker Eddy, founder .of the-Christian Science Chwreh, for the benefit pf the denomination, has been declared void • by the Massachusetts Supreme Court. . The Court held, hewever, that a charitable trust had been- created, aiid that new trustees may bo appointed to administer it.' The trust was to have been administered by directors of the Mother. Church, in Boston, but the. Court decided , that, the trust provisiens were nullified under the statute limiting the amount of the income from bequests to' ..religious organisations to 2000 dols. annually.. . The Court dismissed the Bill brought by'the contestants' of the Will, Who alleged that the teachings ot Christian .Science were against public policy. The eb'ntestetnts, however, Fere given thirty days in -which to bring in additional evidence to support their claim-
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 9 November 1912, Page 3
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151MRS. EDDY'S TRUST FUND VOID Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 9 November 1912, Page 3
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