Equitable Trust Co. v. Jennings

If plaintiff in error ever was entitled to the income which she now claims, she became so entitled on the death of her husband, George F. Jennings, February 19, 1902; yet she made no claim to such income until June 5, 1911, when she filed her answer and cross-bill. We find in the cross-bill no averment sufficient to bar the defense of laches, and upon that ground we think the demurrer to the cross-bill was properly sustained.

Plaintiff in error was a defendant to the bill filed by the trustee November 1, 1903, for the purpose inter alia of obtaining a decree, “ratifying, affirming and…