Riggs National Bank of Washington, DC v. Zimmer

DUFFY, Chancellor:

The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C. and Edward H. Porter, Jr., trustees under the will of Senator Willard Saulsbury (petitioners) seek instructions as to the distribution of trust corpus. Respondents are certain descendants of the Testator’s grandfathers who were living on the date of the Testator’s death (Hunter respondents) and/or on the date of death of the Testator’s grandnephew, Willard Saulsbury, III (Zimmer respondents), and Susan M. Higel, an adopted daughter of one of the descendants. This is the decision on cross motions for summary judgment.

A

The Testator…