Williams v. Bond

The first question confronting us arises upon the contention. of the appellees that the appellant’s bill should have been dismissed on demurrer, and that, therefore, he has no standing whatever in this court. Treating the demurrer as having been overruled by implication, we are of opinion that the bill contained matter sufficient to warrant the court in entertaining the cause. The stock was in the possession of John G. Williams at the time of his death, and was held by him upon a trust which vested in him no discretion as to *686the time or manner of its disposition. This being true, Lewis C.…