Legal Opinion
Robert B. Dennis, Etc. v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, Robert B. Dennis, Etc. v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 28, 1984No. 84-1084, 84-1149PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs are the great-grandchildren of Alice M. Sullivan and beneficiaries of a trust created under her will. They claimed in the district court that the Bank trustee had breached various fiduciary obligations owed them as beneficiaries of that trust. The trust came into existence in 1920. It will cease to exist in 1991 (twenty-one years after the 1970 death of Alice Sullivan’s last surviving child). The trust distributes all its income for the benefit of Alice Sullivan’s living issue; the principal is to go to her issue surviving in 1991. Evidently, since the…
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