Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Cavin

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided April 15, 1999No. 98-PR-22PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. BFP v. Resolution Trust CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. Estate of StetsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. In re A.S.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
  5. O'Connell v. Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re Estate of KingDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001

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