PRINCE v. NUGENT

Equity No. 2889.

172 A.2d 743 (1961)

William Wood PRINCE et al., Trustees v. J. Joseph NUGENT, Attorney General, et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Petition for Leave to Reargue Denied July 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swan, Keeney & Jenckes; Providence, Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, Chicago, Ill.; Dana M. Swan, Providence, Arthur D. Welton, Jr. Thomas S. Tyler, (Chicago), Ill., for complainants.

J. Joseph Nugent, Atty. Gen., Albert J. Hoban, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent Nugent.

Charles H. Drummey, Providence, for respondent William Wood Prince, individually.

Graham, Reid, Ewing & Stapleton; Providence, Migdal & Low, New York, City, for respondents Helen Elizabeth Anna Prince and Alfred B. Stapleton, Guardian ad litem, for minor respondents Elizabeth J.M. Prince and Frederick H. Prince 4th.

Claude R. Branch; Providence, Milbank, Tweed, Hope & Hadley, New York, N.Y., for respondents Frederick H. Prince, Jr. and Virginia M. Prince.

Claude R. Branch, Providence, James J. Higginson, New York City, for respondents Frederick H. Prince 3d and Josefa Fay Danek Prince.

Tillinghast, Collins & Tanner, Providence, Claude R. Branch, Providence, Harrison Tweed New York City, Colin MacRae Makepeace, Harold E. Staples, Providence, Lester C. Migdal New York City, Alfred B. Stapleton, Providence, James J. Higginson, Paul C. Lambert New York City, Robert A. Mercer, Providence, William G. Dakin New York, of counsel, for Colin MacRae Makepeace, guardian ad litem for minor respondents William Wood Prince, Jr., Edward Alexander Wood Prince and certain other respondents.

Charles H. Drummey, Providence, for respondent Bernard Henry-Wood.

Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury & Parsons, Stuart H. Tucker, Providence, for respondent Alain Wood Prince.

Joseph A. Bevilacqua, Providence, guardian ad litem for future issue of Alain Wood Prince.

Edwards & Angell, Edward F. Hindle, Providence, for Walter A. Edwards, guardian ad litem for respondent Barbara Eleanore Wood Prince.


ROBERTS, Justice.

This is a bill in equity for instruction concerning certain provisions contained in a deed of trust that provide for the disposition of a portion of the net income arising from the trust estate. Frederick H. Prince, hereinafter referred to as the settlor, created the trust by his execution of a deed of trust in Providence on June 3, 1932. The complainants are the present trustees, while included as respondents are all of those now living who were...

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