Fidelity Trust Co. v. Service Laundry Co.

The original bill was filed by the executors and the testamentary trustees of the will of Mrs. Martha C. Henson, deceased, for a construction of certain provisions of the will; and for a decree against the Service Laundry Company, incorporated, on a note for $10;,500, executed by that corporation to Mrs. Henson, in the event the court should hold, upon a proper construction of the will, that the note was not relinquished by the will as an asset of the estate of the testatrix.

The cause was heard by the chancellor upon the original bill, the answer of the defendants, Service Laundry Company, L.…