In White v. White, plaintiffs sued their uncles and their aunts for breaches of fiduciary duties related to the uncles’ individual trusts. No. 03-24-00110-CV, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 3643 (Tex. App.—Austin May 29, 2025, no pet.). Plaintiffs allege that the uncles conveyed trust property to themselves and their wives
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Texas Supreme Court To Review Whether A Corporate Trust’s Shareholder Has Standing To Sue On Behalf Of The Trust
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Posted in Texas Supreme Court
The Supreme Court granted oral argument in In re UMTH Gen. Servs., L.P., 2023 WL 8291829 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2023), wherein a real estate investment trust entered into an advisory agreement with an entity and gave it authority to manage corporate assets. One of the trust’s shareholders sued the advisor…
Court Held That Estate Beneficiary Did Not Have Standing To Assert Forfeiture Or Breach Claim Against Executrix’s Attorneys, That An Executrix Had No Authority To Pay Her Attorney’s Fees From The Estate In The Interim In Defending A Removal Action, And That The Trial Court Erred In Refusing A Motion To Compel Distribution Of The Estate
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Posted in Cases Decided, Texas Court of Appeals
In re Nunu, an estate beneficiary sued the executrix to have her removed due to alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and also sought to have the court refuse to pay her attorneys in representing her in a removal action and/or sought to have those fees forfeited. No. 14-16-00394-CV, 2017 Tex.…