Legal Opinion
Trustees of the Protestant Episcopal Church v. Equitable Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided January 20, 1942PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, Chief Justice,
delivering the opinion of the court:
On December 14, 1927, William Marshall executed a last will and testament, appointing Equitable Trust Company as executor. At his death on April 12, 1937, the will was proved and the executor named duly qualified. By the second item of his will the testator gave and bequeathed to the appellant “securities I may own at the time of my death amounting to the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars ($7000.00) In Trust, and to be known as ‘The Mary A. Marshall Trust Fund’ * * To Annie Hirst Marshall and Charles Hirst Marshall was given the residue of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Domestic & Foreign Petroleum Co. v. LongCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- Senior v. BradenSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Waggoner Estate v. Wichita CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- People v. JacksonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1937
- In re WaldsteinNew York Supreme Court · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Witter v. BuchananAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985
- Girard Trust Co. v. Rector of St. Anne's Protestant Episcopal ChurchCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1947
- Huckabee v. HansenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Union Methodist Episcopal Church v. Equitable Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1951
- Myers v. Bank of DelawareCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1959
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