Cloud v. United States Nat. Bank of Oregon

This is a suit in equity by the beneficiaries of a trust against the trustee, the United States National Bank of Oregon. All the individual parties are American Indians. The plaintiff, George Cloud, 1 alleged that the trustee breached its fiduciary duty to the beneficiaries by disbursing certain funds in violation of its trust duties and asked for an accounting, for reimbursement of the funds paid out, and for removal of the trustee. All of plaintiff’s claims stem from the contention that the funds were disbursed after the trustor had become incompetent or, alternatively, that the…