Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C. v. Zimmer

QUILLEN, Chancellor:

There remains in this litigation, a surcharge claim brought by certain beneficiaries of the Trust Estate of Willard Sauls-bury to compel the trustees to reimburse the estate for alleged breaches of the trust in regard to certain tax matters. The case comes before the Court on the discovery motion of the beneficiaries to compel production of a legal memorandum prepared in September of 1973 by David S. Workman, Esquire, of the firm of Richards, Layton and Finger. The trustees have declined to produce the document in question on two grounds; the attorney-client privilege and…