Berry v. Industrial Trust Co.
Superior Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
Heard on exceptions to.'amended answer of respondent Trust Company to the bill of complainant.
The bill seeks to enforce a claim analogous to a trust or specific performance of a contract against the estate of Rodolph L. Berry, deceased.
The claim rests, upon an agreement between Berry and complainant for valuable consideration. Berry agreed to provide in his will assurance that $75,000, par value, of stock of the Vesta Knitting Mills should be worth $75,000 in cash at the time of his decease. Such stock was held by the Trust Company in trust for complainant. The will was ■ to' contain a…
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