Legal Opinion
Matter of Great Northern Iron Ore Properties
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided February 10, 1978No. 47571PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGOSHESKE, Justice.
The subject matter of this extended litigation is the James J. Hill Trust, known as Great Northern Iron Ore Properties. In 1972, the trustees petitioned the district court for instructions as to their powers and duties to convert trust assets to cash for distribution to income beneficiaries as termination of the trust term approaches. 1 The issue concerning the trustees’ powers and duties comes before us a second time. In the first appeal, In re Trust Known as Great Northern Iron Ore Properties, 308 Minn. 221, 243 N.W.2d 302, certiorari denied sub nom. Arms v. Watson, 429…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Morrissey v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- In Re Trust Known as Great Northern Iron Ore PropertiesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- State v. Royal Mineral Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- Bush v. CrowtherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Toombs v. DanielsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- In Re the Trust Known as Great Northern Iron Ore PropertiesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- Matter of Estate of PriggeCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
- Northstar Financial Advisors, Inc. v. Schwab InvestmentsDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2011
- In Re the Trust Established Under Trust Agreement of BorightSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
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