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Constitutional Law - Due Process - Retroactive Application Of Uniform Principal And Income Act, Thomas E. Kauper S.Ed.
Constitutional Law - Due Process - Retroactive Application Of Uniform Principal And Income Act, Thomas E. Kauper S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The trustee of a trust created prior to the 1957 enactment of the Uniform Principal and Income Act petitioned for instructions as to whether a stock dividend received by it subsequent to the passage of the act should be allocated to principal or income. The Uniform Act provides a rule for the treatment of stock dividends contrary to the judicial rule previously adopted in Wisconsin, and is expressly made applicable to trusts existing on its date of enactment. The county court, finding the act could not be constitutionally applied to trusts created prior to its enactment, ordered the allocation of …
Trusts - Construction - Distinction Between "Stock Dividends" And "Stock Spit" For Allocation Purposes, Roger W. Findley S.Ed.
Trusts - Construction - Distinction Between "Stock Dividends" And "Stock Spit" For Allocation Purposes, Roger W. Findley S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
In 1918 a settlor created two identical trusts, the corpus of each consisting of 300 shares of General Electric no-par common stock. The income was to go to life beneficiaries, and at their deaths the principal was to revert to the settlor or his residuary estate. The trust instrument directed the trustee to transfer to the settlor or his executor, "free of all trusts hereby created, any and all stock dividends .... " In 1954 the corpus of each trust included 1200 shares of G.E. no-par stock with a stated value of $6.25 per share, there having been two stock …