ESTATE OF BREEDEN

Docket No. D006663.

208 Cal.App.3d 981 (1989)

256 Cal. Rptr. 813

Estate of WILMER BREEDEN, Deceased. PETER NEU et al., Petitioners and Appellants, v. MILTON LESSNER, as Cotrustee, etc., Objector and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

March 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard T. Hilmen, Jr., and David H. Getz for Petitioners and Appellants.

Gilson & Heaton, Virginia R. Gilson and Irwin Gostin for Objector and Respondent.


OPINION

WORK, J.

When Wilmer Breeden died, his will designated the bulk of his estate to be placed in trust and used to promote the principles of socialism and related causes. Claiming Breeden's bequest was not intended to be a charitable trust and was not otherwise valid because it failed to designate definite beneficiaries and violated the rule against perpetuities, Breeden's nephew (Peter Neu) and niece (Nancy Deets) unsuccessfully...

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