Shapley Trust

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

The question raised by these appeals is whether this inter vivos deed of trust is testamentary. In a carefully considered adjudication and opinion the court below answered the question in the negative.

The deed and its amendment transferred a fund to a named trustee, with active duties, to pay the income to settlor for life and “in addition thereto so much of the principal thereof ... as I may in writing from time to time request” and at settlor’s decease to transfer the corpus to named beneficiaries. Settlor reserved the right to revoke, alter or amend,…