Legal Opinion
In Re the Trust Created by Voss
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided August 20, 1991No. CX-90-2730PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CRIPPEN, Judge.
This appeal arises from the trial court’s award of trustee and attorney fees claimed in a final accounting for a trust. Appellant disputes findings that the fees are fair and reasonable.
FACTS
In 1968 Robert Voss transferred his land, livestock and securities into a trust, naming himself as trustee and First Trust Company of Saint Paul as successor trustee. In 1989 Voss appointed his daughters, Jean Dawes and appellant Alice Gaines, as co-trustees to serve with First Trust. Dawes and Gaines became beneficiaries of the trust when Voss died on March 5, 1989. The trust then…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re Trusts Created by Butler Under Written Indenture of Trust Dated June 18, 1920Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
- Matter of Great Northern Iron Ore PropertiesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- In Re Estate of BaumgartnerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- In Re Estate of BushSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- Spannaus v. ArrowoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re the Trust Created by VossCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1991