In Re Anita M. Emory

Harrington, Chancellor:

Herman F. Emory died intestate, seized of a house and lot near Dover, leaving to survive him a widow, Anita M. Emory, and a daughter by a former marriage, Edith M. Horay, to whom the property descended in fee simple subject to the right of her stepmother to an undivided one-half interest for life. On an inquisition held, Anita M. Emory was declared insane and the Farmers Bank at Dover was appointed her trustee. See § 3091, Revised Code of Delaware 1935; Equitable Trust Co. v. Union National Bank, et al., Trustees, 25 Del. Ch. 281, 18 A. 2d 228; In re Reeves, 10 Del. Ch.…