Legal Opinion
Equitable Trust Co. v. Marshall
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided December 31, 1940PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
This is a bill to construe the last will and testament of William Marshall, deceased; and, also, for instructions to the executor therein named, with respect to the proper distribution of the property of the decedent.
Item two of his will gave and bequeathed “unto The Trustees of ‘The Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Delaware’ * * *, securities I may own at the time of my death, amounting to the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00). In trust, and to be known as ‘The Mary A. Marshall Trust Fund,’ * *
In the same item, the trustees of the Protestant Episcopal…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church v. Equitable Trust Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1942
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