Cumberland Trust Co. v. Bart

This record presents a contest between a beneficiary and trustee under a trust deed to secure a debt, on the one hand, and the maker of the trust deed, on the other hand, with respect to the ownership of certain rents collected from the trust property by a receiver appointed by the Chancellor in this cause.

The Chancellor held that the defendant Morris Bart, the maker of the trust deed, is entitled to the rents in controversy, and, from the decree so adjudging the complainants, Cumberland Trust Company and W. A. DeGroat, trustee, prayed an appeal to the Supreme Court which was granted by the…