In Re Trusts U/W Proctor

This case calls upon us to examine the jurisdiction of the probate courts and, more specifically, decide whether a probate court has power to require a beneficiary of a charitable bequest to account for the monies paid to it by the trustee of the estate involved.

Redfield, Jr., and Mary Proctor bequeathed sums of money to the Proctor Trust Company, in trust, to be paid to the Village of Proctor for specified school purposes. The trustee has properly paid the trust income to the Village, adhering to required notice and probate court procedures.

At the hearing on the 1974 account, appellant, the…