Legal Opinion

In re the Trust U/W of Brooke

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided August 12, 1998No. 97-1089PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMoyer, C.J.

This dispute arises from a declaratory judgment action brought to construe certain language contained in two trusts of which the appellant is the trustee.1 For the reasons that follow, we hold that the trusts grant exclusive *557power to the trustee to control and distribute the net income from the trust, subject to the requirements for distribution as stated in the trusts. We also hold that the words of the trusts indicate that the net income from the trusts is to be expended on behalf of the residents of Eaton, Ohio, for a use that the trustee, exclusively, determines to be a worthy legal…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Domo v. McCarthyOhio Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Casey v. GallagherOhio Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Albright v. AlbrightOhio Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Daloia v. Franciscan Health System of Central Ohio, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1997

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Arnott v. ArnottOhio Supreme Court · 2012
  2. In re Guardianship of LombardoOhio Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Pack v. OsbornOhio Supreme Court · 2008
  4. Stickney v. Tullis-VermillionOhio Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. State ex rel. Lee v. MontgomeryOhio Supreme Court · 2000

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