Legal Opinion

Wilmington Trust Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided August 8, 1935PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor :

This case calls for the construction of a trust created by an agreement entered into by William H. Donner, of Buffalo, New York, as donor, and Dora Browning Donner, of said city, as trustee, on November 20, 1920. The defendant is the present trustee in succession to Dora Browning Donner. By the agreement the donor deposited certain personal property with the trustee and her successor in trust upon the trusts therein specified. The trusts, insofar as the same are here material, are that the trustee should collect the income from the corpus and pay the same as follows:…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bowen v. ChaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Equitable Trust Co. v. SnaderCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1930
  3. Lane v. LaneSupreme Court of Delaware · 1903
  4. Security Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. WardCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1915
  5. Wilmington Trust Co v. GrierCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1932

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Wilmington Trust Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1942
  2. Wilmington Trust Co. v. Wilmington Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1940
  3. Equitable Trust Co. v. FoulkeCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1945
  4. Estate of WoodCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
  5. Emerson v. CampbellCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1951

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