Legal Opinion

Estate of Tully

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 10, 1988PublishedCited by 8 opinions

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…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Ithaca Trust Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  3. Burnet v. LoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Harmon v. EmersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  5. Dunton v. Eastern Fine Paper CompanySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. First Nat. Bank of Biwabik, MN v. Bank of LemmonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Casco Northern Bank v. JBI Associates, Ltd.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1995
  3. Herzog v. IraceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
  4. State v. VanasscheSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
  5. Estate of VoignierSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992

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