BARNETT v. BARNETT

No. AI-415.

424 So.2d 896 (1982)

Charles BARNETT, Appellant, v. William R. BARNETT, Individually and As Trustee, Donna B. Knauer, Downing Nightingale, Jr., Yvonne B. West, Carolyn B. Bryan, Nadia N. Allen, Jane B. Gordon, Madeline C. Franklin, and Mahoney, Hadlow & Adams, P.A., a Florida Professional Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Harris Dittmar and Michael D. Whalen of Bedell, Bedell, Dittmar & Zehmer, Jacksonville, for appellant.

John F. Corrigan and Lori E. Terens of Ulmer, Murchison, Ashby, Taylor & Corrigan, Jacksonville, for appellee William R. Barnett.

Adam G. Adams, II of Adams & Adams, Jacksonville, and Boyd, Jenerette, Leemis & Staas, Jacksonville, for appellees.


JOANOS, Judge.

Charles Barnett (Charles) appeals a final judgment dismissing his complaint and finding that William R. Barnett (William) acted as a prudent trustee, that there was no underdistribution to Charles Barnett or no overdistribution to the other beneficiaries. We agree and affirm the trial court's judgment.

William was trustee to the Barnett trust established by Charles's grandfather Bion Barnett (Bion). The trust provided that upon termination,...

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