In Re Estate of Cavin
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
Defendants/appellants are the trustees under the will of Patricia Burwell Cavin, deceased. Plaintiffs/appellees are the primary beneficiary (Brooks Cavin) and the guardian ad litem on behalf of any residual beneficiaries under that will. This appeal is from a judgment of the trial court after a bench trial concluding, in essence, that appellants (collectively “the Trustees”) had breached their fiduciary duty to the beneficiary and remain-dermen of the testamentary trust by failing to sell the trust’s one-quarter undivided interest in unimproved, non-income producing…
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- O'Connell v. Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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