SAWYER v. POTEAT

Eq. No. 2752.

153 A.2d 541 (1959)

Ada L. SAWYER et al., Trustees, v. Gordon POTEAT, Adm'r, et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 27, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gardner, Sawyer, Cottam & Gates, Robert B. Gates, James M. Sloan, III, Providence, for trustees.

Hibbard Richter, Boston, Mass., trustee and complainant, pro se.

Tillinghast, Collins & Tanner, William M. Sloan, Providence, for respondents Paul G. Richter and Hibbard Richter, Ex'rs, Thomas J. Hubbard, Ex'r, and Alice Hale.

Newton, Brodsky & Kiernan, Archibald B. Kenyon, Jr., Providence, for respondent Elizabeth G. Hale.

Haig Barsamian, Swan Messerlian, Providence, for respondent Theodora Gordon Hall.

Swan Messerlian, Providence, for respondent Helen G. Harrell.


ROBERTS, Justice.

This is a bill in equity for instructions relative to the distribution of trust property and the construction of a will. When the cause was ready for final decree it was certified to this court, under general laws 1956, § 924-28, for our determination. The complainants are trustees under a deed of trust executed in 1947. The respondents are persons and legal representatives of persons who claim an interest...

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