Legal Opinion
Fiduciary Trust Co. v. Fiduciary Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided April 20, 1982PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERRMANN, Chief Justice:
This appeal is from a ruling by the Court of Chancery upon the petition of Fiduciary Trust Company, as Executor of .the Estate of Thomas F. Grasselli, seeking instructions for the proper distribution of a portion of a trust corpus.
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In his Will, executed in 1965, Mr. Grassel-' li (hereinafter “Testator”) directed specific gifts of personalty and real estate to his wife, Mary A. Grasselli; and in the event she predeceased him, those gifts were to go to his niece, Grace Grasselli Fowler. Specific cash bequests were made, including $50,000. to Robert A. Fowler, the husband…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Girard Trust Co. v. Rector of St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal ChurchCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1947
- International Boiler Works Co. v. General Waterworks Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1977
- Delaware Trust Co. v. Delaware Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1952
- Jackson v. Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1973
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