Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co. v. Superior Court

Petitioner as trustee of a trust known as the “Robbins Foundation” has petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent court, sitting as a probate court, to hear and determine a petition for an order confirming the sale of an interest in certain land that was distributed to the trustee under the will of Frederick Averill Bobbins. The question before this court is whether the probate court has jurisdiction to hear the petition for confirmation of the sale of this interest in the land.

In 1916, Frederick Averill Robbins transferred certain property in trust to the Union Trust…