Legal Opinion
Northern Trust Bank of Florida/Sarasota v. Coleman
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 16, 1986No. 85 Civ. 7986 (EW)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
Defendant George F. Coleman, an attorney, moves pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) to dismiss plaintiffs’ second cause of action and pursuant to Rule 12(f) to strike certain allegations in the complaint as scandalous, immaterial and impertinent. Plaintiffs move for leave to file an amended complaint.
Coleman, a New York lawyer, was retained in October 1982 by Arthur F. Searing, a Florida resident, to draft Searing’s last will and testament. The will designated Coleman and Thomas J. Bond, who were not Florida residents, as co-executors and co-trustees, and…
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