Town of Lee v. Town of Lincoln

POMEROY, Justice.

This controversy between the plaintiffs and the defendants 1 results from the conflicting interpretations of the terms of a charitable trust in which both plaintiffs and defendants have an interest.

The legal action taken to resolve the controversy was a complaint for Declaratory Judgment. 14 M.R.S.A. § 5956,

The principal question about which the parties disagreed was whether or not Mat-tanawcook Acadamy has “ceased to exist” within the “gift over” provisions of a charitable trust which presently inures to the benefit of the defendants.

The Justice below to whom the controversy…