Ryan v. Herbert

The petition, through which this case arises, was filed on July 10, 1945, in a proceeding in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City, instituted about 15 years before, for the purpose of passing upon questions involved in a trust under the will of Arthur Nattans, who died in Baltimore 40 years ago. The petition was filed by those receiving income under the trust. The trustees also joined. The purpose was to obtain a declaratory decree construing the rights of the petitioners and others to certain income bequeathed under the tenth section of the will. All living persons who might possibly have an…