Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Ellis

There are three appeals1, in the record now before us, from the Baltimore City Court, and they involve the validity of the appointment of a substituted trustee by the Circuit Court of Baltimore City under the will of William Wilkens, late of Baltimore County, deceased, and the exercise by this trustee of certain powers conferred by the will upon three trustees named therein, the trusteeship being vacant at the date of the appointment of the sole trustee.

The objections to the exercise of the powers by the sole trustee are-: first, that the will provides for not less than two trustees and,…