Whiting v. Bryant

OPINION

By SKEEL, J:

This appeal on questions of law and fact comes to this Court from a judgment of the common pleas court of Cuyahoga County, removing the defendant, George A. Bryant from the voting committee provided for under provisions of the Sarah and Samuel Austin Trusts, the court finding by its judgment that there was a conflict of interests.

In 1930, Samuel and Sarah Austin each created an inter vivos trust appointing The Cleveland Trust Company trustee to carry out its purposes. The primary assets of each trust was and is stock, both common and preferred, of The Austin Company. The…