§ 9:2344 — Liability of trustees and beneficiary

Louisiana § 9:2344

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 9: Civil Code-Ancillaries

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A. No trustee or beneficiary shall be charged personally with any liability whatsoever by reason of any act or omission committed or suffered in the performance of such trust or in the operation of the trust property; but any act, liability for omission or obligation of a trustee or trustees in the execution of such trust, or in the operation of the trust property, shall extend to the whole of the trust estate, or so much thereof as may be necessary to discharge such liability or obligation, and not otherwise.
B. Any obligations issued by a public trust under this Chapter shall not constitute or create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities or a loan of the credit of or a pledge of the faith and credit of the beneficiary of the state or any political or governmental unit thereof but shall be solely the obligation of the public trust.

Legislative History

Acts 1970, No. 135, §4. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 699, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1976.