Eastern Maine General Hospital v. Harrison

The only problem the report presents is the determination whether the Superior Court in equity may appoint a successor testamentary trustee, where the will of the testator neither confers authority, nor provides a method to be pursued to fill a vacancy. If that court has such power, the propriety of its exercise is not here involved.

*191James C. Stodder, late of Bangor, Maine, died March 6, 1917, testate. The probate court of original jurisdiction over the subject matter of the settlement of the estate of the decedent took proof, and allowed his last will. The will created a trust which attached…