Rigg v. Lawyer

— This is a declaratory judgment action by the only surviving trustee, under a trust deed, asking for instructions as to the present distribution of the trust income and the ultimate distribution of the principal of the trust.1 All living beneficiaries of both the income and the principal of the trust are joined.

Our major problem has to do with the construction of the trust deed executed by George C. Beck, July 16, 1915, conveying an apartment-house property in trust to two of his daughters for the benefit of all three of his daughters during their lifetime. Whether it was then intended to be…