Lindau v. Community Fund of Baltimore, Inc.

This Special Case stated under General Equity Rule No. 45, submitted for the determination of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City the question of the proper distribution between a life tenant and remaindermen of a stock dividend on stock held by a trustee under a deed of trust. From a decree apportioning this dividend approximately five per cent, to the life tenant and the remainder to the corpus of the estate, both the life tenant and the trustee appeal.

On December 19, 1921, Sophie Lindau and Clementine Lindau executed a deed of trust to the Safe Deposit and Tru§t Company, subsequently…