MATTER OF ESTATE OF CRAIG

No. 1 CA-CV 90-300.

174 Ariz. 228 (1992)

848 P.2d 313

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Robert Wallace CRAIG, deceased. ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross Appellant, v. Michael Ray HANSGEN; Gary Alan Hansgen; Mrs. Darrell L. Hansgen; Patricia Lynn Hansgen; Douglas Wayne Hansgen; Debra Ann Hansgen; Lyle Puzey; Mrs. Patsey Puzey; Mrs. Herschel Abbott; Mrs. Byron Wolfe; Misti Sue Wolfe; Staci Dean Wolfe; Glen Lowell Puzey; Nathan Puzey; Mrs. Lynn Fay Efird; Charles Maney Cork; Manley J. Cork; Timothy Van Puzey; Jay Charles Puzey; Kevin Jay Cork; Brian Lee Cork; Robert Mason Davis; Gene Alkire Davis; Rev. Michael Jay Davis; Mrs. Marion A. Wright; Fredrick McLean Wright; Marion Eugene Wright; Mrs. Karen Wright Bireline; Leona Heischmann Kuchefski; Robert W. Craig; Harold E. Craig; Vern Ingalsbe; C. Diane Cannon Lane; Larry J. Cannon; Steven A. Cannon; Michael J. Cannon; Richard L. Cannon; Win Smith; Harold A. Craig; Dennis Lee Wright; Stephen J. Kuchefski; Mrs. Claudia Kuchefski Ohl; and all heirs of Robert Wallace Craig, deceased, Respondents-Appellants, Cross Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department E.

Review Denied April 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garrey & Curran, P.C. by D. Reid Garrey, James P. Curran and Shawna Woner, Phoenix, for respondents-appellants, cross appellees.

Jennings, Strouss & Salmon by James M. Ackerman, John B. Weldon, Jr. and David J. Estes, Phoenix, for petitioner-appellee, cross appellant.


OPINION

VOSS, Judge.

In this appeal we must construe a testamentary trust written in 1930. Since the time of the testator's death circumstances have changed substantially so that the terms of the charitable trust are outmoded. The heirs of the testator ask us to hold that the trust has failed and the estate should be distributed to them. The beneficiary of the trust requests that we deviate from the terms of the...

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