Legal Opinion
In Re the Last Will & Testament of Dixon
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided July 1, 1971PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SHORT, Vice Chancellor:
Wilmington Trust Company, trustee appointed by order of this court to administer a testamentary trust under the will of Theodore W. Dixon, seeks instructions as to the proper distribution of the corpus of the trust. The facts are not in dispute and the case is submitted for decision on the pleading.
Theodore W. Dixon (testator) died on June 10, 1949. By his will, dated December 12, 1948, testator provided:
“I bequeath the following:
100 shares of Wilmington Trust Company stock to Marie E. Bucher for her lifetime.”
Following numerous other bequests the will provided: “All…
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