Every trust power, unless its execution or non-execution is made expressly to depend on the will of the grantee, is imperative and imposes a duty on the grantee the performance of which may be compelled in equity for the benefit of the parties interested.
D.C. Code § 42-1013
Trust powers imperative — Duty upon grantee
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1354, ch. 854, § 1049
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