Legal Opinion

Watkins ex rel. Watkins v. First National Bank in Fort Myers

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 25, 1966No. 5670PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALLEN, Chief Judge.

This is a timely appeal from a final decree in which the circuit judge construed two trust instruments requiring the trustee to pay $625.00 per month under each trust and granting a summary final decree in favor of the appellee.

On October 29, 1962, the plaintiff, H. B. Watkins, entered into two irrevocable inter vivos trust agreements with the defendant bank. The two trusts were identical, except plaintiff, Peter Robert Watkins, was the beneficiary of one and plaintiff, Vance David Watkins, was the beneficiary of the other. The two minor beneficiaries were the children of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pancoast v. PancoastDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1957
  2. Penix v. First Nat. Bank of ParisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  3. Wallace v. JulierSupreme Court of Florida · 1941
  4. Pancoast v. PancoastDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Venice Gardens of Venice, Inc. v. Venice Golf Ass'nDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
  2. Watkins v. First National Bank in Fort MyersDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967

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