SHRINERS HOSPITALS v. SMITH

Record No. 880305.

385 S.E.2d 617 (1989)

SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN v. Noah Mack SMITH.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MacKenzie Canter, III (Lehrfeld, Canter & Henzke, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellant.

John P. McGeehan, Alexandria, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, THOMAS, WHITING and LACY, JJ.


LACY, Justice.

The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether a vested remainderman has the right to an accounting from the trustee when the terms of the trust do not specifically provide for such an accounting.

On September 23, 1983, Mary L. Robertson executed an inter vivos trust, naming Noah Mack Smith (Smith) as trustee. The trust agreement provided that, during Robertson's lifetime, Smith would distribute...

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