Northern Central Railway Co. v. Fidelity Trust Co.

In the course of their administration, the executors of the will of Mary Ann Henrietta Watts, a citizen of Maryland, who died in the City of Baltimore, were directed to transfer to the Fidelity Trust Company and Frank W. Watts, trustees under the will, two hundred and eighty shares of the stock of the Northern Central Railway Company, forming part of the decedent’s estate. The stock is transferable on the books of the railway company at its principal office in Baltimore. The company declined to make the proposed transfer of the stock from the executors to the trustees without the consent of…