In January 1911, a power struggle erupted in the Eddy family over the massive fortune left behind by the late Mary Baker Eddy. The Concord, New Hampshire, matriarch’s will had sparked a heated dispute between her estranged relatives and adopted son, Dr. Ebenezer J. Foster-Eddy. The drama unfolded in the United States Circuit Court, where Dr. Foster-Eddy filed a bill to restrain the Eddy trustees from liquidating the family’s vast assets, estimated to be worth $2,000,000. The move was seen as a desperate attempt to hold onto the family’s wealth, as the court proceedings made it clear that the construction of the will depended on the law of domicile of the testator, which was New Hampshire, where Mrs. Eddy had lived at the time of her death.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Wealth & Family Feuds
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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