Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. v. Waddell

This is not a case in which the parties seek to have a court of equity approve a family settlement of differences arising in respect of an estate in the course of its administration. Neither is it a cause in which the first takers seek to alter or modify the terms of a trust to the possible disadvantage of the ultimate takers. It is true the trusts created by the will are to some extent adversely affected for the reason the widow takes under the law one-half of the personal estate rather than the one-third she would have received as a beneficiary under the will. But this adverse effect arises…