Legal Opinion
Stayton v. Delaware Trust Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided January 20, 1965PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Short, Vice Chancellor:
Plaintiff, executrix, seeks instructions as to the proper distribution of certain assets which have come into her possession. The case is before the court on cross motions for summary judgment based upon the pleadings, affidavits and stipulations of counsel.
Leon B. Stayton, Sr. (testator) died on December 18, 1961. By Paragraph SECOND (a) of his last will and testament, dated June 11, 1954, testator provided as follows:
“All corporate stocks and debentures of every kind owned by me at my death and all real estate owned by me at the time of my death, including all…
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