Franklin Marlon Jerome AKA Franklin M. Jerome v. Oscar Valle

How courts have described this case

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

• holding a court abuses its discretion when it exercises discretion on untenable or unreasonable grounds
• noting that, on de novo review, weight is given to the trial court’s factual findings, particularly regarding credibility of witnesses
• finding that a “first right of purchase” provided in a will as an option exercisable within the four month term provided for by the will
• stating the Witzke court “reasonably determined that holding the estate liable for an administrator’s fraud was an undesirable reason to reopen the estate”
• stating the Lynch court “noted ‘equitable principles’ favored reopening the estate to prevent the [executor] from profiting from its mistake at the expense of the beneficiaries”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).