HOFFMAN v. FIRST VIRGINIA BANK

Record No. 780549.

263 S.E.2d 402 (1980)

Helen B. HOFFMAN et al. v. FIRST VIRGINIA BANK OF TIDEWATER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Spindle, III, Norfolk (James C. Howell, Edward S. Stein, Willcox, Savage, Lawrence, Dickson & Spindle, P. C., Norfolk, on briefs), for appellants.

Robert R. MacMillan, Norfolk (S. Miles Dumville, Breeden, Howard & MacMillan, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Before I'Anson, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


COCHRAN, Justice.

In this appeal, the principal question is whether a testator, in providing for a testamentary marital trust, waived the "prudent man rule" otherwise applicable in the investment of trust assets.

Helen B. Hoffman, formerly Helen C. Ballard, and other beneficiaries under the will of William P. Ballard, deceased, (collectively, the complainants, or the beneficiaries), filed their amended bill of complaint...

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