Legal Opinion
Wilmington Trust Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided October 16, 1940PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor :
Mary A. B. duPont Laird, widow of William Winder Laird, deceased, was the life beneficiary of the income from both of the trust funds involved in these actions. During her lifetime cash dividends, payable to stockholders of record on specified dates, were declared on certain shares of corporate stock, which were owned on the requisite dates by either one, or the other of said trust estates. By the provisions of the resolutions passed by the corporate boards declaring these dividends, they were not payable, however, until'certain specified future dates. They *198were duly paid to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Orlando Orange Groves Co. v. HaleSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
- Penington v. Commonwealth Hotel Construction Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1931
- Hurd v. HughesCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1920
- Wheeler v. Northwestern Sleigh Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin · 1889
- Eising v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Anadarko Petroleum Corp. v. Panhandle Eastern Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1988
- In Re Trust Estate of Richard Sellers, Dec'd.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1949
- Lewes Trust Co. v. SmithCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1944
- Langfelder v. Universal Laboratories, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- Wilmington Trust Co. v. CarpenterCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1950
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