Carter's Estate

The facts appear from the following extract from the adjudication of

Van Dusen, J., auditing judge.

This trust arose under the will and codicil thereto of James H. Carter, who died May 8,1886 . . . whereby he devised and bequeathed one fourth of his estate to Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit and Ins. Co. of Phila. (now Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co.) in trust to pay the income to his daughter, Ella Carter, for life, with remainder “to transfer, pay and divide the said property or the proceeds thereof among her heirs share and share alike.”

The fund accounted for was awarded to the accountant by…