IN RE BRUCE BUTTERWORTH TRUST

No. CA-1544.

451 So.2d 1215 (1984)

In re BRUCE BUTTERWORTH TRUST.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe & Lemann, John Wogan, New Orleans, for appellants.

J. Broocks Greer, III, Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Hunter, Gray & Hoffman, New Orleans, for petitioner-appellant.

Before GARRISON, AUGUSTINE and BYRNES, JJ.


AUGUSTINE, Judge.

The central issue in this case is whether it is within the authority of a district court, acting on its own motion, to order that the assets of a trust may be invested only in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States of America. We find that a district court is without such authority, and accordingly, such order as rendered by the district court in this case is hereby set aside and vacated.

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