Hook v. Hook

The plaintiffs,4 **owners of a twenty percent interest in a realty trust,5 sought several forms of relief, including an order requiring the trustees to collect market, rather than nominal, rent from a family business. After a hearing, a Superior Court judge (the 2000 motion judge) allowed the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, ruling, inter aha, that (1) certain structures had properly been excluded from a conveyance of property to the trust; and (2) the trust was not currently required to collect market rent from the family business.6 We affirm in part and reverse in part.

1. Ownership…