Offutt v. Offutt

The question presented by this appeal is whether, under the facts, the Chancellor had authority to determine that appellee, a beneficiary under his father’s testamentary trust, is entitled to receive an allowance greater than the $200.00 monthly which the trustees have paid him since he reached his twenty-first birthday in August, 1952.

Appellee’s father confirmed in his will, probated in 1943, a pre-marital agreement which made provision for his widow and left the bulk of his estate in trust for the sole benefit of the appellee, his only son. The widow renounced the will’s provisions as to…