Woodruff v. Trust Co. of Ga.

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• trustee does not have the right to oppose termination where only beneficiary of trust is settlor
• \An estate is vested when there is an immediate right of enjoyment or a present fixed right of future enjoyment.\
• a statute is impermissibly retroactive when it “creates a new obligation on transactions or considerations already past, or destroys or impairs vested rights”
• a statute is impermissibly retroactive when it “creates a new obligation on transactions or considerations already past, or destroys or impairs vested rights.”
• a statute is impermissibly retroactive when it “creates a new obligation on transactions or considerations already past, or destroys or impairs vested rights,” with such rights having vested “when there is an immediate right of enjoyment or a present fixed right of future enjoyment”

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