Cutcheon v. Buchanan

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[o]ne of the court’s highest duties is to give effect to the donor’s dominant intention as gathered from the instrument as a whole” (citation and footnote omitted). The Restatement (Third) of Trusts § 232, at 181 (1992
• authorizing a trustee to deviate from the express terms of a trust for the purpose of preserving the value of the trust when changed conditions due to inflation impaired the dominant purpose of the trust
• authorizing a trustee to deviate from the express terms of a trust for the purpose of preserving the value of the trust when changed conditions due to inflation impaired the dominant purpose of the trust
• authorizing a trustee to deviate from the express terms of a trust for the purpose of preserving the value of the trust when 11 changed conditions due to inflation impaired the dominant purpose of the trust
• \One of the court's highest duties is to give effect to the donor's dominant intention as gathered from the instrument as a whole.\
• “One of the court’s highest duties is to give effect to the donor’s dominant intention as gathered from the instrument as a whole.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).