Legal Opinion
Bell v. Harrison
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided June 23, 1972No. 1463PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.
Plaintiff appeals from a declaratory judgment which determined that the trust created by the last will and testament of decedent, Nancy Catherine Harrison Bell, was valid.
The material portions of decedent’s will provided:
“FIRST, and most fore in mind, I intrust the challenge of rearing my two minor children, Bernard George Bell, IV, and Catherine Anne Bell, to my brother, Donald Lee Harrison, with full faith that he will do all in his power to properly instruct and bring them up into the world. To aide [sic] in this task, knowing his interest in the same, I also bequeath my numerous books, to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Closset v. BurtchaellOregon Supreme Court · 1924
3Cited by2 opinions
- Brundage v. PerryColorado Court of Appeals · 1979
- Oregon Bank v. HussCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1989