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WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH v. HARVARD COLLEGE

366 Mass. 247 (1974)

316 N.E.2d 620

WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH vs. HARVARD COLLEGE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

September 13, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Morse (Robert L. Holloway, Jr., with him) for the defendants.

James D. Bell for the plaintiff.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, HENNESSEY, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.

TAURO, C.J.

This is a bill in equity brought by the board of trustees of the Wesley United Methodist Church, as trustees under a charitable trust created by the will of one Harold E. Colson, seeking modification of the terms of the trust under the doctrine of cy pres. The defendant Harvard College did not file an answer, and the Attorney General waived his right to be heard. G.L.c. 12, § 8. The sole heirs at law of Harold E. Colson, Harold C. Guppy, Sr., and...

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