BELCHER v. CONWAY


179 Conn. 198 (1979)

NATHAN BELCHER ET AL. v. GEORGE C. CONWAY, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released September 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin E. Booth, with whom were Leo J. McNamara, Daniel D. Schwartz and, on the brief, Francis T. Londregan, for the appellants (plaintiffs Gaspare J. Cavasino et al.).

Bernard F. McGovern, Jr., assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Carl R. Ajello, attorney general, for the appellee (named defendant).

L. P. Gray III, with whom, on the brief, was Thomas B. Wilson, for the appellees (plaintiffs Ralph E. Wadleigh et al.).

James C. McGuire, with whom was Judy A. Rabkin, for the appellee (defendant Williams Memorial Institute).

COTTER, C. J., LOISELLE, BOGDANSKI, LONGO and PETERS, JS.


COTTER, C. J.

Two of the seven trustees of the Bulkeley Trust, referred to by the parties as the minority trustees, appeal from a supplementary judgment of the Superior Court applying the doctrine of approximation, or cy pres, which approved, with modifications, a plan of merger between the Bulkeley School and the Williams Memorial Institute submitted by the majority members of the board of trustees of the Bulkeley School.

The trust in question was created...

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