Nickerson v. Fiduciary Trust Co.

The plaintiff, William G. Nickerson, seeks to invalidate or alternatively to reform an irrevocable indenture of trust made by him on May 8, 1931, of which the defendant Fiduciary Trust Co. (the trustee) is presently the sole trustee, presumably on the ground that he was induced to execute the instrument through the undue influence of his mother, grandmother, and one of the original trustees. The other defendants are the plaintiffs wife, his brother, the brother’s three daughters, and all heirs of the plaintiff unascertained or unknown. The last are represented by a guardian ad litem. A…