Title: Carvel v. The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation

State: delaware

Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
PAMELA CARVEL, individually 
§ 
and as Ancillary Administratrix with § 
No. 523, 2008 
Will Annexed of Agnes Carvel,  
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Court Below—Court of
 
Respondent Below, 
 
§ 
Chancery of the State of 
 
Appellant,  
 
 
§ 
Delaware in and for  New 
 
 
 
 
 
 
§ 
Castle County 
 
v. 
 
 
 
 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
§ 
THE THOMAS AND AGNES   
§ 
CARVEL FOUNDATION, 
 
§ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
§ 
 
Petitioner Below,  
 
§ 
C.A. No. 3185 
 
 
 
Appellee. 
 
 
 
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Submitted: March 13, 2009 
 
 
 
 
Decided: 
March 19, 2009 
 
Before HOLLAND, BERGER and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
This 19th day of March 2009, upon consideration of the briefs of the 
parties, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
In the underlying Court of Chancery action, The Thomas and 
Agnes Carvel Foundation (“the Foundation”) sought to remove Pamela 
Carvel (“Carvel”) as Delaware ancillary administrator of the estate of Agnes 
Carvel (“the Estate”).  The Foundation is the residuary beneficiary of the 
Estate. 
 
(2) 
Carvel has appealed the Court of Chancery’s memorandum 
opinion of September 30, 2008, that granted summary judgment to the 
Foundation, removed Carvel as ancillary administrator of the Estate, and 
denied Carvel’s motion for intermediate accounting and related motions, 
including her motion for litigation expenses.1  After careful consideration of 
the parties’ briefs, we have concluded that the judgment of the Court of 
Chancery should be affirmed on the basis of, and for the reasons set forth in, 
the Court’s memorandum opinion of September 30, 2008.2     
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the 
Court of Chancery is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Randy J. Holland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice 
                                          
 
1 The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Found. v. Carvel, 2008 WL 4482703 (Del. Ch.). 
2 Id.