Legal Opinion
Du Pont v. Equitable Security Trust Company
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided May 1, 1956PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Southerland, Chief Justice, for the majority of the Court:
The questions before us are (1) whether an inter vivos trust agreement should be so construed as to create a remainder by implication in the issue of a beneficiary, and (2) if so, whether the remainder has failed.
On August 26, 1929 Samuel Hallock duPont and Elizabeth Ormond Wrenn duPont, his wife,- having agreed to separate, entered into a trust agreement for the support of the wife and their infant daughter, Eve duPont, of whom the wife had custody. The agreement was to become effective upon the entry of a final decree divorcing the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Eustace v. DickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Brock v. HallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- Chater v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Scott's TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- First National Bank & Trust Co. v. PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Dutra De Amorim v. NormentSupreme Court of Delaware · 1983
- A. B. v. Wilmington Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1963
- Law v. LawSupreme Court of Delaware · 2000
- Delaware Trust Co. v. DavisCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1960
- Bank of Delaware v. ClarkCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1968
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