Won’t donate to the opera? We’ll sue you…

April 29, 2011 by Norman Lebrecht

04/29/11 8:36 AM | filed under: main |

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BobG says:

April 30, 2011 at 12:55 am

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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