Burgess v. First Wyoming Bank

THOMAS, Justice.

The dispositive question in this case is whether the probate court had jurisdiction to consider matters relating to a testamentary trust after the entry of a decree of final distribution. Henry A. Burgess, the appellant, presented for resolution the question of whether the probate court erred in appointing a successor corporate co-trustee, over the objection of the remaining co-trustee, after the corporate co-trustee, which had been appointed originally, ceased to do business. Other intriguing questions were argued by the parties including the abuse of discretion by the…