Legal Opinion

Fleet National Bank v. Miglietta

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided January 27, 1992No. 91-42-AppealPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter comes before the Supreme Court after a Superior Court justice granted a joint motion for certification filed pursuant to Rule 72(a) of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure. This action arose out of a request for construction of the will of Samuel Pomeroy Colt filed in the Superi- or Court by the plaintiff as trustee under the will. We are presented with two issues on this appeal. First, we are asked to decide whether the principal of a special trust (hereafter the 27th-clause special trust) created pursuant to the will of Samuel Pomeroy Colt should now…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Industrial Trust Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1938
  2. Bliven v. BordenSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1936
  3. Industrial Trust Co. v. FlynnSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1948
  4. Strauss v. Van BeurenSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
  5. Ind. Trust Co., Tr. v. Elizabeth WilsonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1937

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re DiBiasioSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
  2. Fleet National Bank v. MigliettaSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
  3. Reynolds v. Reynolds, NpSuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2007
  4. Ryan v. Estate of RyanSuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2009
  5. Steinhof v. MurphySuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2007

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