Guaranty Trust Co. v. Curry

The principal question in this case is whether a certain remainder to one Edmond J. Curry, upon the termination of a testamentary trust, was vested or contingent or, more accurately, whether such remainder, even if contingent, was descendible or devisable upon the death of Edmond J. Curry prior to the expiration of the trust. John Curry died testate in 1898. His residuary estate was left to his executors in trust, the trust being measured by the lives of his son, James F. Curry, and of his niece, Mary Curry. The income of the residuary estate, except for an annuity to Mary Curry, was to be…