Legal Opinion
Procter v. Woodhouse
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided February 6, 1968No. 397PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, C.J.
This appeal concerns the construction of a .trust agreement. On June 20, 1930, Lorenzo Easton Woodhouse and his-wife Mary L. Woodhouse, referred to as the Donors, established a trust, naming the Farmers Trust Company of Burlington, Vermont, trustee. At the time the trust was created the donors had two children, Marjorie Woodhouse Leidy and the defendant, Charles Douglas Woodhouse.
The plaintiffs are the children of Marjorie. By way of this action in equity under the Declaratory Judgment Act, they challenge the power of their grandmother, Mary L. Woodhouse, as surviving donor of the trust, to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nelson v. BaconSupreme Court of Vermont · 1943
- Merchants National Bank v. MorrisseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Tuttle v. TuttleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1942
- Avery v. BenderSupreme Court of Vermont · 1956
- In Re Estate of LullSupreme Court of Vermont · 1958
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Campbell v. BlairSupreme Court of Vermont · 1968
- Estate of Boydstun v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1984
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