Legal Opinion
Wilmington Trust Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided May 22, 1936PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor:
The case as now supplemented by the stipulation showing the New York statutes is a new one. In the opinion heretofore filed it was concluded that the equitable life interests in the children of Joseph W. Donner were not invalid either because of remoteness as to themselves or because they were a component and inseparable part of a general scheme of tying up the appointive estate beyond the period permitted by the rule against perpetuities. At the end of the discussion of that point, I used this language^ — “I shall not examine any questions concerning any features that may…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Tilden v. . GreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Chamberlain v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Robb v. . Washington Jefferson CollegeNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Fargo v. . SquiersNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- First National Bank of Paterson v. National Broadway BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Wilmington Trust Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1942
- In re Peierls Family Inter Vivos TrustsSupreme Court of Delaware · 2013
- Ligget v. Fidelity & Columbia Trust Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1938
- Wilmington Trust Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1940
- Equitable Trust Co. v. WardCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1946
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