Legal Opinion
Hanson v. Denckla
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 13, 1958No. 107PublishedCited by 6,726 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
This controversy concerns the right to $400,000, part of the corpus of a trust established in Delaware by a settlor who later became domiciled in Florida. One group of claimants, “legatees,” urge that this property passed under the residuary clause of the settlor’s will, which was admitted to probate in Florida. The Florida courts have sustained this position. 100 So. 2d 378. Other claimants, “appointees” and “beneficiaries,” contend that the property passed pursuant to the settlor’s exercise of the inter vivos power of appointment created in the deed of trust. The Delaware courts adopted…
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