Blair v. Linn

This appeal presents the question whether Edward Tyler Blair, a defendant, could assign a portion of the trust income devised to him by his father’s will before he received it. The trustees filed their bill asking the court to construe the will in this respect. The superior court held that the law did not permit Mr. Blair to do this, and the defendants appeal to this court.

William Blair, deceased, by his will created a trust estate, naming as trustees his nephew, Chauneey Blair (succeeded by complainant William McCormick Blair) and his son, Edward Tyler Blair; by the terms of the trust the…