THOMAS v. KNEIPP

No. 43,228-CA.

986 So.2d 175 (2008)

Carolyn Cordell THOMAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Donald L. KNEIPP, Trustee, and J. Hardeman Cordell, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, by Paul D. Spillers, Monroe, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Hayes, Harkey, Smith & Cascio, by Thomas M. Hayes, III, Donald L. Kneipp, Monroe, for Defendant-Appellee.

Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett, & Trascher, by Charles C. Trascher, III, Monroe, for Defendant-Appellee J. Hardeman Cordell.

Before GASKINS, CARAWAY and PEATROSS, JJ.


GASKINS, J.

This appeal concerns an irrevocable inter vivos trust established by Bernice C. Woods in favor of her children, Carolyn Cordell Thomas1 and J. Hardeman Cordell, and her five grandchildren. The daughter and her three children filed suit, claiming improprieties by the son and the trustee. Following the son's dismissal from the suit, the plaintiffs appeal from an adverse judgment in favor of the trustee. We affirm in part...

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