IN RE ESTATE OF BROWN

No. 84-282.

528 A.2d 752 (1987)

In re ESTATE of Andrew J. BROWN.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Rice, Jr., and Jess T. Schwidde, Montpelier, for plaintiffs-appellees.

McKee, Giuliani & Cleveland, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and HILL, PECK, GIBSON and HAYES, JJ.


GIBSON, Justice.

The trustee of a testamentary trust appeals an order of the Washington Superior Court granting the petition of the lifetime and residual beneficiaries of the trust to terminate it and to distribute the proceeds to the life tenants. We reverse.

The primary issue raised on appeal is whether any material purpose of the trust remains to be accomplished, thus barring its termination. The appellant/trustee also raises the closely related issue of...

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