Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. United States Coast Guard v. Cerio
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided August 31, 1993No. Civ. A. 93-42-APublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
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This is a rare case. How often, after all, does the recipient of a generous bequest object to that bequest and threaten to reject it on the ground that it is too generous? Yet that is precisely what has occurred here. Indeed, this is essentially a case of looking the gift horse in the mouth and finding it too good to accept as is.
More particularly, this unique dispute concerns the validity and disposition of a retired Coast Guard Captain’s testamentary gift to the United States Coast Guard Academy (the “Academy”) for the purpose of establishing a trust…
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