Phillips Exeter Academy v. Gleason

I. Three of the questions transferred without ruling may be summarized as follows: did the Superior Court have jurisdiction (a) to appoint and qualify the plaintiff, Phillips Exeter Academy as trustee; (b) to allow the annual accounts filed by the trustee; and (c) are the decrees of the Superior Court allowing the annual accounts of plaintiff binding on the parties? For the reasons hereafter stated the answer to each question is in the affirmative in the circumstances of this case.

The defendants contend that the Superior Court had no jurisdiction to appoint and qualify the plaintiff as…