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BENJAMIN v. JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

No. 2009-CA-000417-MR.

305 S.W.3d 446 (2010)

Janice BENJAMIN; Eugene C. Blankenbaker; Sandra A. Brubaker; Ettine S. Eschbach; Charles D. Franklin; Myrna Hobbs; William H. Kroeckel; Martha J. Lincks; Kimberly M. Lunieski; Debra S. Maxberry; Pamela M. McNeil; Collista A. Metcalf; John M. Murphy; Kenneth L. Murphy; Raymond T. Murphy; Shauna Musuraca; Kerry Sans; Kristina Sans; Patricia Sans; Randall Sans; Steven C. Sans; Theodore A. Sans; Mary L. Taucher; Thomas J. Taucher; Gail Young; Richard L. Sans, Jr.; Kristina L. Sans; Susan Diane Oliver; Laura Lynn Young; Bonnie Louise Stutzman; Jackie Ann Jones; and Todd Anthony Sans, Appellants, v. JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Successor Trustee of the Katherine Ida Kroeckel Hagan Trust, Under Will; the Humane Society of the United States; Fund for Animals; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; Society of Animal Protective Legislation; National Hemlock Society (Now Compassion and Choices); the United Animal Nations; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Kentucky Humane Society—Animal Rescue League; Jeffersonville Humane Society—Arm!; Nicholas Sans; Wildlife Waystation; American Horse Protection Association; and Floyd County Animal Rescue League, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Riggs, Jr., David S. Stierle, Louisville, KY, for appellants Janice Benjamin; Eugene C. Blankenbaker; Sandra A. Brubaker; Ettine S. Eschbach; Charles D. Franklin; Myrna Hobbs; William H. Kroeckel; Martha J. Lincks; Kimberly M. Lunieski; Debra S. Maxberry; Pamela M. McNeil; Collista A. Metcalf; John M. Murphy; Kenneth L. Murphy; Raymond T. Murphy; Shauna Musuraca; Kerry Sans; Kristina Sans; Patricia Sans; Randall Sans; Steven C. Sans; Theodore A. Sans; Mary L. Taucher; Thomas J. Taucher; Gail Young; Richard L. Sans, Jr.; Kristina L. Sans; Susan Diane Oliver; Laura Lynn Young; Bonnie Louise Stutzman; Jackie Ann Jones; and Todd Anthony Sans.

Alan N. Linker, Laura E. Landenwich, Bruce F. Boldt, Louisville, KY, Jennifer Hinkebein Culotta, Jeffersonville, IN, for appellees Humane Society of the United States; Fund for Animals; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; Society of Animal Protective Legislation; National Hemlock Society (Now Compassion and Choices); United Animal Nations; and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Before ACREE, KELLER, and LAMBERT, Judges.

OPINION

LAMBERT, Judge.

JP Morgan Chase Bank, as successor trustee under the last will and testament of Katherine Ida Kroeckel Hagan, brought this action for a declaration of rights with regard to certain funds presently held in a testamentary trust established for the benefit of thirteen charitable organizations (the "Trust"). Appellees are ten of the thirteen named beneficiaries of the Trust who have entered an appearance in this case (the "Charities...

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