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· 11/13/1961

Lang v. Fornea

Citations

  • 135 So. 2d 643
  • 1961 La. App. LEXIS 1558

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that upon the 15 Terramar Retail Ctrs., LLC v. Marion #2-Seaport Tr. U/A/D/ June 21, 2002, 2017 WL 3575712, at (Del. Ch. Aug. 18, 2017
  • holding that the implicit meaning of the trust document controlled and a “trust instrument may expressly or implicitly permit a change in the place of administration.”
  • explaining that “[w]hen confronted with a choice-of-law issue, Delaware courts adhere to the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws”
  • providing the “seminal rule” of trust construction is that the settlor’s intent controls
  • “[W]e prefer an interpretation that attaches meaning to every word used by the drafter and that avoids rendering language superfluous.”

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Judges: Landry, Lottinger, Reid

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