Annan v. Wilmington Trust Co.

MOORE, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a Request for Instructions filed by Wilmington Trust Company in its capacity as trustee for three trusts created by the William H. Donner family. We are confronted with the question of whether the terms “issue” and “lineal descendants” were intended under the terms of the trusts to include illegitimate offspring. Wilmington Trust petitioned the Court of Chancery for a determination of whether the illegitimate children of Donner Hanson, a grandson of William Donner and a beneficiary of each of the trusts, should be treated as “issue” or “lineal…