Estate of Tully
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the Court
HORNBY, Justice.
This appeal concerns the adequacy of corporate fiduciary behavior in dealing with a decedent’s real and personal property in a politically troubled country. The Probate Court found that the corporate executor used due care and charged appropriate commissions and fees. Because those findings are not clearly erroneous, we affirm.
Lillian H. Tully died on May 3, 1972, a resident of Isle Au Haut. Her will nominated Robert Fleck as executor and First National Bank of Boston as alternate executor. She divided her estate between her two beneficiaries, sons Patrick and Sean Tully. 1…
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