Legal Opinion
Cabaniss v. Cabaniss
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 5, 1983No. 81-1186PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
This appeal presents the question whether the decedent’s declarations and conduct shortly before his suicide manifested the intention to create a trust for the benefit of his daughter. We agree with the trial court that they did.
Appellant Lorena Smith Cabaniss, as executrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Dr. Charles Cabaniss, brought an action for conversion and declaratory and in-junctive relief against appellees Stephanie Cabaniss, Verginald Dolphin and Independence Federal Savings and Loan Association, Inc. She appeals here from an order of the trial court…
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