Bank of Am. v. Hodge

John Page Sivell, Hugh Gordon Sivell, Verna Page Armstrong and Ernest Gamble Jr., who for convenience are designated as remaindermen, have appealed from an order entered in response to a testamentary trustee’s petition for instructions (see Prob. Code, §§ 1120, 1240). The order directs the trustee to distribute at the testatrix's daughter’s death that share of the trust estate held for her benefit, to Eleanor Ridenour Hodge and Nancy Ridenour Buchanan, referred to as the granddaughters.

The remaindermen contend that the trial court erred in finding that the decree of final distribution…