Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Dungan
Orphan's Court of Delaware
Decided April 4, 1950PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Richards, Chief Justice,
delivering the opinion of the court:
*555In the letter which Mr. Dungan wrote to Mrs. Snyder, dated May 15, 1941, he told her what he wanted to leave her in his will, namely, “the securities Aunt Bess left me or their equivalent, they amounted to $3477.50 in the 1941 Tax return,” but that had no binding legal effect upon him or his estate. The same may be said of the notation in Mr. Dungan’s handwriting on the envelope of the brokerage firm of Spitzer, Roriclc and Company, found among his effects after his death, neither Mr. Dungan nor his estate was legally bound by it. If…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Glanding v. Industrial Trust Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1945
- Kenaday v. SinnottSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Bird v. Wilmington Society of the Fine ArtsSupreme Court of Delaware · 1945
- Gardner v. McNealCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1911
- Trustees of Unitarian Society v. TuftsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Union Methodist Episcopal Church v. Equitable Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1951
- Stackhouse v. WebsterSupreme Court of Delaware · 1961
- In Re Dungan's EstateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1950
- Falin v. SheltonScott County Circuit Court · 1979