Case Name: In the Matter of the Estate of Elfriede K. Kindermann, Deceased. William J. Kalt et al., Appellants; Christian Science Board of Directors of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1968-02-14
Citations: 21 N.Y.2d 790
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Estate of Elfriede K. Kindermann, Deceased. William J. Kalt et al., Appellants; Christian Science Board of Directors of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 790–793

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Estate of Elfriede K. Kindermann, Deceased. William J. Kalt et al., Appellants; Christian Science Board of Directors of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, et al., Respondents.
Argued January 17, 1968;
decided February 14, 1968.
Elmer Lee Fingar and John G. McQuaid for appellants.
Ezra P. Prentice, Jr., and J. Franklin Van Deren for Christian Science Board of Directors of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, respondent.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (William Roberts, Samuel A. Hirshowitz and Gustave J. Soderberg of counsel), as attorney for ultimate charitable beneficiaries, respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed and objections to the executors' account dismissed on the dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division, with costs to all parties appearing separately and filing separate briefs, payable out of the estate.
Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan and Keating. Judge Breitel concurs in the following opinion in which Judge Jasen concurs.