Legal Opinion
Henderson v. Troy Bank & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 22, 1948No. 4 Div. 469PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAKELY, Justice.
This case involves the validity of certain provisions of the will of Charles Henderson, who died January 7, 1937, a resident of Pike County, Alabama. .The complainants, appellants here who are heirs at law of the deceased, seek by declaratory judgment to establish the specific construction that the charitable trusts created by the will violate the rule against perpetuities and the Alabama statute which places a restriction upon trusts for accumulation only. § 146, Title 47, Code of 1940.
Troy Bank & Trust Company, as trustee under the will, demurred to the bill as a whole and…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Russell v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Hopkins v. GrimshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Henderson v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
- Carter v. Balfour's Adm'rSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
- Crawford v. CarlisleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Troy Bank & Trust Company v. BrantleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
- First Alabama Bank of Montgomery v. AdamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1980
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