Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Sinclair v. Industrial National Bank

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 21, 1959No. Eq. No. 2778Published

1ConcurrenceRoberts, J.

Although I agree generally with the result reached by the majority of the court, my view of the issues herein persuades me to state separately my reasons for concurrence.

The preliminary injunction is based upon two entirely different grounds. The first ground is that the respondent trustees were unable to exercise an independent judgment to sell The Outlet Company stock. The second ground is that, assuming the decision to sell the stock to have been properly made, the trustees did not perform their duty to obtain the highest available price therefor. In my opinion the alleged conflict of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Anderson v. BeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  2. Donnelly v. Consolidated Inv. TrustCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1938
  3. Fidelity, Trust v. Guar. Trust Co., N.Y.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944

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