City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Evans

Plaintiffs appeal from provisions of a judgment construing the will of Edward S. Chapin, deceased, and surcharging the trustees with respect to certain investments in the sum of $39,476.25 representing an amount equal to the aggregate cost of certain securities found by the referee appointed to hear and determine to be unauthorized investments. Plaintiffs, a successor trustee and the surviving executrix of a deceased trustee, brought this suit in equity asking that their accounts be settled and that article thirteenth of the decedent’s will be construed to authorize the trustee to invest in…