Girard Trust Co. v. Rector of St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church

Seitz, Vice-Chancellor:

The court is required to determine the validity and scope of what purports to be a testamentary trust.

Girard Trust Company, a Pennsylvania corporation having its place of business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was designated as trustee under the Ninth Item of the will of Dr. Martin W. Barr, who died December 25, 1938, a resident of Middletown, Delaware. Girard Trust Company as trustee under the Ninth Item (hereinafter called the “trustee”) filed a bill for instructions which, with its amendment, joined as defendants The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Anne’s…