Common use of Limitation of Trustee Liability Clause in Contracts

Limitation of Trustee Liability. Every act or thing done or omitted, and every power exercised or obligation incurred by the Trustees or any of them in the administration of this Trust or in connection with any affairs, property or concerns of the Trust, whether ostensibly in their own names or in their Trust capacity, shall be done, omitted, exercised or incurred by them as Trustees and not as individuals. Every person contracting or dealing with the Trustees or having any debt, claim or judgment against them or any of them shall look only to the funds and property of the Trust for payment or satisfaction. No Trustee or Trustees of the Trust shall ever be personally liable for or on account of any contract, debt, tort, claim, damage, judgment or decree arising out of or connected with the administration or preservation of the Trust Property or the conduct of any of the affairs of the Trust. Every note, bond, contract, order or other undertaking issued by the Trust or the Trustees relating to the Trust, and stationery used by the Trust shall include the notice set forth in Section 9.5 of this Article IX (but the omission thereof shall not be construed as a waiver of the foregoing provision, and shall not render the Trustees personally liable). It is the intention of this Section 9.2 that no Trustee shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever to any person for any action or failure to act (including without limitation the failure to compel in any way any former or acting Trustee to redress any breach of trust) except that nothing in this Declaration of Trust shall protect any Trustee from any liability to the Trust or its Shareholders to which he would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of his duties, or by reason of reckless disregard of his obligations and duties as Trustee; and that all persons shall look solely to the Trust Property belonging to a class of Shares for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising in connection with the affairs of such class of the Trust.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Trust Agreement (Conestoga Family of Funds), Trust Agreement (Galaxy Vip Fund)

Limitation of Trustee Liability. Every act or thing ------------------------------- done or omitted, and every power exercised or obligation incurred by the Trustees or any of them in the administration of this Trust or in connection with any affairs, property or concerns of the Trust, whether ostensibly in their own names or in their Trust capacity, shall be done, omitted, exercised or incurred by them as Trustees and not as individuals. Every person contracting or dealing with the Trustees or having any debt, claim or judgment against them or any of them shall look only to the funds and property of the Trust for payment or satisfaction. No Trustee or Trustees of the Trust shall ever be personally liable for or on account of any contract, debt, tort, claim, damage, judgment or decree arising out of or connected with the administration or preservation of the Trust Property or the conduct of any of the affairs of the Trust. Every note, bond, contract, order or other undertaking issued by the Trust or the Trustees relating to the Trust, and stationery used by the Trust shall include the notice set forth in Section 9.5 of this Article IX (but the omission thereof shall not be construed as a waiver of the foregoing provision, and shall not render the Trustees personally liable). It is the intention of this Section 9.2 that no Trustee shall be subject to any personal liability whatsoever to any person for any action or failure to act (including without limitation the failure to compel in any way any former or acting Trustee to redress any breach of trust) except that nothing in this Declaration of Trust shall protect any Trustee from any liability to the Trust or its Shareholders to which he would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of his duties, or by reason of reckless disregard of his obligations and duties as Trustee; and that all persons shall look solely to the Trust Property belonging to a class of Shares for satisfaction of claims of any nature arising in connection with the affairs of such class of the Trust.

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Sources: Trust Agreement (Marketwatch Funds)