Burnham v. Washington Trust Co.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This matter comes before us on the appeal of Randall H. Dawley and Frances R. Turner from several Superior Court orders entered in connection with the administration of the testamentary trust of Lucy E. Rice by the trustee, Washington Trust Company (Washington Trust). The substantive legal issues involved in the lower-court action are straightforward. The procedural history of the litigation, however, is a tangled web of motions and counter-motions by counsel representing the various participating parties. It is this tortuous procedural course that forms the basis of…