Wachovia Bank v. Edwards

In the construction of the will of Gwyn Edwards, plaintiff Wachovia Bank and Trust Company seeks the advice and instruction of the court. Under the facts of the case, we think it had this right.

“Ashe, J., in Allsbrook v. Reid, 89 N. C., p. 153, says: 'The former courts of equity entertained, and our Superior Courts still entertain applications for advice and instructions from executors and other, trustees, as to the discharge of trusts confided to them, and incidentally therefo, the construction and legal effect of the instrument by which they are created. But the courts of equity never…