Legal Opinion
Norris v. Barbour
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 10, 1949No. Record No. 3413PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.
On June 17, 1932, C. E. Wager, then a resident of Washington, D. C., executed and delivered to John S. Barbour, *731trustee, his bond in the sum of $20,000, payable one year after his death, with interest from maturity until paid at the rate of six per cent, per annum. The bond declared on its face that it was given and received, and that the proceeds were to be applied by the trustee according to the provisions of a certain declaration of trust that day drawn in duplicate and signed by Wager and the trustee.
The declaration of trust provided that “the object of this trust is, first, to secure” a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Eclipse Oil Co. v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
- Watkins v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
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- Krell v. CodmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Ackers v. First National Bank of TopekaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1963
- Capital Investors Co., Norman B. Frost, Deceased, and Harry Dreisen v. Executors of the Estate of Arthur R. MorrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
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