In Re Scheidmantel

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “[a]n amicus curiae is not a party and cannot raise issues which have not been preserved and raised by the parties themselves” (citation omitted)
• noting that Pennsylvania follows the Restatement of Trusts regarding exercise of discretion by trustees
• stating that Pennsylvania courts will not interfere with trustee’s exercise of discretionary power granted to it by trust instrument except where the trustee acts dishonestly or beyond the bounds of reasonable judgment
• stating that Pennsylvania courts will not interfere with trustee’s exercise of discretionary power granted to it by trust instrument except where the trustee acts dishonestly or beyond the bounds of reasonable judgment
• stating that Pennsylvania courts will not interfere with trustee’s exercise of discretionary power granted to it by trust instrument except where the trustee acts dishonestly or beyond the bounds of reasonable judgment
• stating that bad faith occurs when “the trustee ... acts dishonestly, or with an improper even though not a dishonest motive, or fails to use his judgment, or acts beyond the bounds of reasonable judgment” (citations and quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).