The Supreme Court of New Hampshire has denied standing to a “branch church” of Christian Science to contest the administration of an original testamentary trust of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Church of Christian Science, when it is only a “potential” beneficiary of the trust. It has weighed five specific criteria for determining whether a potential beneficiary has a “special interest” that would justify standing and found the branch church lacking. When Mary Baker Eddy died in 1910, she established two testamentary trusts for the benefit of the church. One was given $100,000 to provide free instruction to “indigent, well educated, worthy Christian Scientists.” A second received the...