Legal Opinion
In re George Parsons 1907 Trust
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 5, 2017No. Docket: Cum-15-272PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Majority: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, MEAD, GORMAN, and HUMPHREY, JJ.
Dissent: HJELM and JABAR, JJ.
SAUFLEY, C.J.
[¶ 1] Thomas Maxwell appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Cumberland County Probate Court (Mazziotti, J.) in favor of David Gourevitch, a qualified beneficiary of the George Parsons 1907 Trust, on his complaint for a declaratory judgment that Maxwell is not a beneficiary of the Trust. Because we agree with Maxwell that the undisputed facts establish that Gourevitch’s claim was barred by the statute of limitations, we vacate the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶2] The summary…
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