Estate of Baumgardner v. Ready

CARLSON, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case involves fifteen years of litigation relating to two testamentary trusts. The plaintiff, Veronica Baumgard-ner McKee Arrington (Arrington), claims that the trustee of both trusts, William Ready (Ready), mismanaged the trusts’ property, improperly allocated the trusts’ funds, and wrongfully refused to render an accounting of the trusts’ assets. The Chancery Court of Lauderdale County found that the trustee had acted properly and within his discretion in managing the trusts and that the trustee should not be required to render an…