Brown v. Mercantile Trust & Deposit Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City (Dennis, J.), dismissing the bill of complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
This proceeding was instituted to set aside a declaration of trust made by the appellant to the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore (referred to hereinafter as “ The Trust Company.”)
The complainant alleges in the bill that he inherited a considerable fortune from his father, the late George Brown, and being utterly unacquainted with business affairs, but anxious to have certain parts of his personal estate placed in the hands of some corporation who would manage the same profitably for him, but also believing that any such arrangement as he contemplated making would be subject…
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