Legal Opinion
Weller v. Farmers Bank of the State
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided October 30, 1970PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARVEL, Vice Chancellor:
Margaret P. Weller, the plaintiff herein, serves as agent for the Benjamin Potter trust by appointment of the Chancellor. She is charged, within the confines set by law, with responsibility for the distribution to individual members selected by her out of the class of beneficiaries designated in the last will and testament of Benjamin Potter of income derived from the aforesaid charitable trust as directed by the testator who died in Kent County in 1843.
Mrs. Weller seeks instructions as to whether or not she may, notwithstanding the directions in said trust to the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Ex Parte VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Evans v. NewtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Shapiro v. Columbia Union National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- Tinnin v. First United Bank of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Lockwood v. KillianSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1977
- Connecticut Bank & Trust Co. v. Cyril & Julia C. Johnson Memorial HospitalConnecticut Superior Court · 1972
- Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, NA v. BuchananDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
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