Wilmington Trust Co. v. Morris

Harrington, Chancellor:

Edgar M. Hoopes, the testator, died May 21, 1916, leaving a will which was duly pro*146bated as such by the Register of Wills for New Castle County on June 1st of that year. By the 9th item of that instrument he bequeathed his residuary estate to the Wilmington Trust Company, the complainant, in trust, and directed that, after the payment of $150.00 annually to his sister, Cora M. Hoopes, the balance of the income therefrom be paid to his widow, Elizabeth L. Hoopes, during her lifetime, or until she should remarry. In the latter event, she was only to receive $2,000.00 per…