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Case Citations [i] (Spring 2026)

handle is hein.ali/relat1031 and id is 1 raw text is: THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE Spring 2026 Citations TRUSTS Generally Me.2025. Cit. generally in ftn. In a dispute over the meaning of a deed that placed a large parcel of land in a charitable trust for use as a camp by local scout council, state attorney general filed a claim for breach of trust against council after it claimed title to the camp under the terms of the trust and sought to sell the camp, seeking a declaration restricting council's use of the sale proceeds to uses consistent with the trust's purposes. The trial court denied council's motion for summary judgment, finding that council held legal title to the camp, but not equitable title, and that it could sell the camp, but that the proceeds had to be used for the same original charitable purposes. This court affirmed, holding that, under the trust's terms, only legal title vested with council after it failed to appoint any replacement trustees and it became the successor trustee. The court noted that it relied primarily on the Restatement of Trusts in construing the terms of the trust; however, it cited more recently published Restatements because the fundamental principles of trust law had not changed significantly since the execution of the deed. Attorney General v. Pine Tree Council, Inc., 331 A.3d 258, 264. CHAPTER 1. DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS TOPIC 1. DEFINITIONS § 2. Definition of Trust Me.2025. Com. (d) cit. in sup., com. (f) cit. and quot. in sup. In a dispute over the meaning of a deed that placed a large parcel of land in a charitable trust for use as a camp by local scout council, state attorney general filed a claim for breach of trust against council after it claimed title to the camp under the terms of the trust and sought to sell the camp, seeking a declaration restricting council's use of the sale proceeds to uses consistent with the trust's purposes. The trial court denied council's motion for summary judgment, finding that council held legal title to the camp, but not equitable title, and that it could sell the camp, but that the proceeds had to be used for the same original charitable purposes. This court affirmed, holding that, under the trust's terms, only legal title vested with council after it failed to appoint any replacement trustees and it became the successor trustee. The court noted that, under COPYRIGHT C2026 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.