IN RE TRUST OF MARY BAKER EDDY

No. 2018-0309.

212 A.3d 414 (2019)

IN RE TRUST OF MARY BAKER EDDY.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Opinion Issued: June 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierce Atwood LLP, of Portsmouth ( Michele E. Kenney on the brief), DLA Piper LLP, of Wilmington, Delaware ( Stuart Brown on the brief and orally), and Foehl & Eyre, PC, of Glenside, Pennsylvania ( Robert B. Eyre on the brief), for the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Melbourne (Australia).

Upton & Hatfield, LLP, of Concord ( Russell F. Hilliard , James F. Raymond , and Michael P. Courtney on the brief, and Mr. Hilliard orally), for the Trustees of the Clause VI Trust and Clause VIII Trust.

Gordon J. MacDonald , attorney general ( Thomas J. Donovan , director of charitable trusts, and Charles D. Shockley , assistant director of charitable trusts, on the brief, and Mr. Donovan orally), for the Attorney General, Director of Charitable Trusts.


The Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Melbourne (Australia) appeals an order of the Circuit Court (King, J.), denying it standing to request affirmative relief and enforce certain charitable trusts created by the will of Mary Baker Eddy. We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

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