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          Ohio (common pleas court), seeking the appointment of a trustee             
          for the Thomas Trust, a determination of the assets held by the             
          Thomas Trust, and a distribution of the trust assets to the                 
          remaining beneficiaries thereof.  The Thomas Trust had been                 
          established in March 1948 by decedent, his brother Mr. Thomas,              
          and their father as donors.  These three donors were also                   
          designated as equal income beneficiaries of the Thomas Trust.               
          Decedent, during his lifetime, served as the trustee of the                 
          Thomas Trust managing the assets and income thereof.  The father            
          predeceased both his sons.                                                  
               Apparently, upon decedent's death, the Thomas Trust was left           
          without a trustee, and there was some dispute among family                  
          members as to the nature and value of assets that were owned by             
          the trust.  Also disputed was whether or not the Thomas Trust was           
          to terminate upon the death of decedent, and, if so, whether any            
          of the assets thereof should be distributed to decedent's estate,           
          or whether all were to be distributed to Mr. Thomas.  The stated            
          primary purpose of the suit was to have the common pleas court              
          resolve these issues.                                                       



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          Thomas Trust prior to decedent's death.  The parties eventually             
          agreed that Mr. Bigley had purchased the subject real property              
          and was entitled to a deed for the same.  This issue constituted            
          only one issue in the suit, and Mr. Bigley was dismissed from the           
          suit upon delivery of a deed for the subject property.                      





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