Green v. Green
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FAY, Chief Justice.
This case comes before the Supreme Court on the plaintiff’s appeal from a Superior Court judgment denying her petition to recover assets distributed to the defendants upon the death of her husband. The trial justice held that the defendants were entitled to the funds of numerous trusts created by the decedent during his lifetime. We affirm that decision.
Initially we shall discuss our standard of review following the decision of a trial justice sitting without a jury. We have consistently held that the findings of a trial justice sitting without a jury are accorded…
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