Legal Opinion
Wilmington Trust Co. v. Bronxville Trust Co.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided March 23, 1939PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor :
This is a bill to construe the last will and testament of Alfred R. Jones, late of the City of Wilmington, deceased. Mr. Jones died October 4, 1918, and paragraph 4 of his will is as follows:
“I give and bequeath unto Wilmington Trust Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, the sum of seventy thousand dollars in trust to invest the same and to pay the net income therefrom unto my beloved wife, Eliza Burr Jones, for and during the term of her natural life, or so long as she shall remain unmarried, and upon her death or marriage, to pay the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kerr v. . DoughertyNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Shipman v. . RollinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
- Delafield v. . ShipmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Belleville Savings Bank v. AneshaenselIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- duPont v. duPontCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1927
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Cann v. Van SantCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1940
- Maloney v. JohnsonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1939
- Lewes Trust Co. v. SmithCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1944
- Asche v. AscheSupreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- Carpenter v. CarpenterCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1945
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