Peyton v. Wehrhane

This action seeks a construction of 1 the will of William C. Peyton. The plaintiff is his only son and the defendants are his widow and five men named in the will as executors and trustees. We shall hereafter refer to the latter as the defendants. The deceased left an estate inventoried at almost $800,000, about three-fourths of which consisted of stock in two Delaware corporations, this stock representing his interest in the Standard Stoker Company, a corporation engaged in the manufacture of automatic stokers designed chiefly for use on railroad locomotives. The development of this business…