Schrafft v. Wolters

Stevens, V. C.

This is a bill for 'discovery and relief. The defendants filed demurrers for want of equity. The case presented is this: Frederick E. Wolters died in May last. He left a will and appointed the complainant and the defendant Frederick H. De Bow his executors. They both qualified as such. Wolters left personal property amounting to $125,000, invested in bonds, mortgages and various stocks. Shortly before his death, for the purpose of safely keeping these securities, he "rented” a box (that is, as I understand it, a small compartment) in the vaults of the Fidelity Trust Company, and…