Sokol v. Murphy

In an action, inter alia, in effect, for a judgment declaring that the plaintiff is a named remainder beneficiary under a trust entitled the “Wendell Grapentine and Claire F. Grapentine Irrevocable Trust,” dated December 18, 1996, as amended on November 9, 1999, and February 28, 2001, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Brands, J.), dated May 16, 2014, which denied his motion for summary judgment on the causes of action alleging conversion, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud, and to impose a constructive trust, and granted the defendant’s cross motion…