HANSON V. DENCLKA
357 U.S 235 (1958)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a case involving the dispute of assets in a trust. There
were two separate actions for the final disposition of the trust res.
FACTS: Mrs. Donner, who resided in Pennsylvania, established a trust in Delaware with a
Delaware bank as trustee. Donner was to be the income beneficiary during her lifetime and
after her death the money would go to her beneficiary. Donner retained the power to change
her beneficiary. Donner then moved to Florida. While there she drafted a will naming her two
daughters as primary heirs. She also named two of her grandchildren as the beneficiaries of
her trust. The two children were the daughters of her third daughter, Elizabeth. Donner died
and her first two daughters, named as primary heirs, brought suit in Florida against the
Delaware trust company (D). They claimed that the appointment of the grandchildren as
beneficiaries was invalid. They wanted the trust money ($400,000) to be placed into the
estate for probate. While the first action in Florida was pending, another action was filed
in Delaware to determine the status of the trust monies. The Florida court held the trust
invalid and ruled that the money belonged to the estate. The two daughters then tried to
enter the Florida judgment in Delaware are res judicata. Delaware held that the Florida
courts did not have jurisdiction over the trust company. Delaware then determined that the
trust was valid. The parties involved contested whether Delaware or Florida had jurisdiction
over the trust assets and whether Florida could acquire jurisdiction over the trustee in
Delaware. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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