Glover v. Baker
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, brought by George W. Glover, for the construction of the will of his mother, Mary B. G. Eddy, and for advice as to the validity of certain provisions thereof. The defendants are the executor and five residents of Massachusetts who constitute the board of directors of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston.
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Bill in Equity, brought by George W. Glover, for the construction of the will of his mother, Mary B. G. Eddy, and for advice as to the validity of certain provisions thereof. The defendants are the executor and five residents of Massachusetts who constitute the board of directors of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. The attorney-general, George W. Baker, a nephew of the testatrix, John B. Baker, her grand-nephew, and George W. Glover, Jr., a son of the plaintiff, were given leave to intervene. Transferred from the April term, 1911, of the superior court upon demurrer, without…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
Mary Baker Eddy died December 3, 1910. On the 14th of that month her will was duly probated in this county. The defendant Baker has been appointed executor and has qualified by giving bond. January 12, 1911, the plaintiff, a son of the de ceased, commenced this proceeding against the executor and five persons alleged to be the directors of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. The plaintiff in his bill (or petition, as he names it) alleged the above facts, argumentatively stated that the property of the deceased exceeds two million dollars in value, alleged that the…
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