PRINCE v. ROBERTS

No. 79-257-Appeal.

436 A.2d 1078 (1981)

William Wood PRINCE and James P. Donovan, Trustees of the Frederick Henry Prince Trust Dated June 3, 1932 v. Dennis J. ROBERTS II, Attorney General et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

October 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levy, Goodman, Semonoff & Gorin, Richard J. Israel, Jeremiah J. Gorin, Robert A. Pitassi, Richard P. McMahon, William C. Dorgan, Edwards & Angell, Edward F. Hindle, Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury & Parsons, George M. Vetter, Jr., Winograd, Shine & Zacks, P.C., Richard W. Zacks, Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, John P. Cooney, Jr., Lee A. Worrell, Davis, Jenckes & Kilmarx, Ernest A. Jenckes, Bradford Gorham, Jerome B. Spunt, John G. Coffey, Rice, Dolan, Kiernan & Kershaw, John F. Dolan, Providence, Appleton, Rice & Perrin, James J. Higginson, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., Maureen McKenna Goldberg, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.


OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court. This action was presented to a justice of the Superior Court sitting without a jury. It was brought pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §§ 9-30-1 through 9-30-16. The issue involves the interpretation of a provision of a trust created on June 3, 1932, by Frederick Henry Prince, hereinafter referred to as...

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