Rowley v. American Trust Co.

This is an action instituted by Maud Kent Rowley in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, against American Trust Company and American Trust Company, trustee, to recover |1,200 with interest thereon, alleged to be due plaintiff as interest on a trust fund of $10,000, which defendant is alleged to have held in trust, as will hereinafter appear, for the benefit of plaintiff during her lifetime.

There was a trial by jury and a verdict and judgment for the defendant. Prom that judgment a writ-of error was allowed to this court.

The pertinent facts are as follows: By her will, bearing…