Isn’t the moral that Lucerne acted in good faith on a promise from a rich benefactor and now is left holding the bag? Although someone should have thought to get it in writing! But it’s a good question–are trustees, heirs, whatever–under any obligation to fulfill a deceased person’s wishes?
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Isn’t the moral that Lucerne acted in good faith on a promise from a rich benefactor and now is left holding the bag? Although someone should have thought to get it in writing! But it’s a good question–are trustees, heirs, whatever–under any obligation to fulfill a deceased person’s wishes?