Hamman v. Ritchie

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

On the appeal the Court is presented with an example of how not to provide a deferred bequest by will, how not to provide by will for property devise in trust, and how not to administer a trust estate.

Involved is tragic litigation between family members in which probability is that all will lose, coupled with possibility of resultant participation in the loss by the chil dren/grandchildren. Certainly these could not profit. Nevertheless, the decision of this Court upon the rights of parties litigant may not thereby be influenced. The parties must be treated as…