Coster v. Crookham

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating a fiduciary “cannot use [his] position, directly or indirectly, for [his] own advantage or profit”
• stating a “ ‘trustee violates his duty to the beneficiary ... whére he uses the trust property for his own purposes’ ” (quoting Restatement (Second) of Trusts § 170 cmt. 1)
• stating a “‘trustee violates his duty to the beneficiary . . . where he uses the trust property for his own purposes’” (quoting Restatement (Second) of Trusts § 170 cmt. l)
• punitive damages “are not awarded as a matter of right,” but only to punish the offender and to deter others from conduct which is sufficiently egregious to call for the remedy
• fiduciary responsibility exists notwithstanding the fact that no appointment was made by a court
• adopting the Restatement (Second) of Trusts § 170

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).