Court Opinion

ID: 9797120
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 04:13:42.826579+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:52:23.379837
License: Public Domain

Chief Justice EISMANN,
specially concurring.
I concur in the majority opinion, but write only to point out an issue that was not raised in this case. Theodore Johnson, as trustee, entered into a real estate contract agreeing to sell forty acres of trust property to the Mailes. After Johnson died, Beth Rogers and Andrew Rogers, as successor trustees, closed the sale. Summary judgment was granted upon the ground that Beth Rogers had a conflict of interest that required court approval before she could close the sale. Based upon that lack of court approval, the district court set aside the entire transaction. There has not been any determination that Johnson breached his fiduciary duty by entering into the sale contract. The Mailes have not argued on appeal that the appropriate remedy for closing the sale without court approval would be to set aside only the closing, rather than also setting aside the contract of sale. Thus, we have not addressed the appropriate scope of the remedy for a violation of Idaho Code § 68-108(b).