IN RE PROCTOR

No. 127-80.

433 A.2d 300 (1981)

In re Trusts u/w Mary H. PROCTOR, and Redfield Proctor, Jr.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoff, Wilson & Powell, P. C., Burlington, for petitioner.

Allan R. Keyes and John J. Zawistoski of Ryan, Smith & Carbine, Ltd., Rutland, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., LARROW, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ., and DALEY, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


HILL, Justice.

This case calls upon us to examine the jurisdiction of the probate courts and, more specifically, decide whether a probate court has power to require a beneficiary of a charitable bequest to account for the monies paid to it by the trustee of the estate involved.

Redfield, Jr. and Mary Proctor bequeathed sums of money to the Proctor Trust Company, in trust, to be paid to the Village of Proctor for specified school purposes. The trustee has properly...

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