Burt v. Gill

This is an appeal from a pro forma decree of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City passed in an amicable proceeding to procure a construction of the will of the late Gustavus P. Henderson. The question at issue is the proper disposition of that portion of the income of the estate given in trust by the testator for his daughter Jane, which accrued before she reached the age of eighteen years and was not consumed in her support and education.

The testator was a widower when he made his will and when he died. He left surviving him no issue except his infant daughter Jane, then about eight years…