Legal Opinion

In Re Trust Under Agreement With Nash

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 24, 1963No. 38, 705PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Otis, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court construing a trust instrument 1 to exclude an adopted child of the life tenant from sharing in the distribution to remaindermen. The facts are not in dispute. The only issue is the construction of the following language:

“* * * [T]he trustees agree to hold, * * * for the benefit of donor’s son, Willis Vanderhoef Nash, the latter’s daughters, Helen Lora Nash and Patricia Nash, and any other issue of said son who may hereafter be born.
“* * * At the death of said son, if he is survived by child or the issue of a deceased child,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. WinthropNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
  2. In Re Trust Under Will of HoldenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
  3. Dreyer v. SchrickSupreme Court of Kansas · 1919
  4. In Re Trust Under Will of CosgraveSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
  5. Vaughn v. VaughanTexas Supreme Court · 1960

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Toombs v. DanielsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
  2. Tafel EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. In Re the Estate of CoeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
  4. Billings v. FowlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  5. In Re Estate of GriswoldNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976

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