Legal Opinion

Crumlish v. Delaware Trust Co.

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided April 29, 1946PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Speakman, Judge,

delivering the opinion of the court:

The present case involves within a narrow compass the correctness of two divergent views. This divergence concerns the question as to whether a trust, not spendthrift in character, is created, and the beneficiary is solely entitled, without limitation, to the income, and also has either a vested remainder or absolute interest in the principal, and is sui juris and no other person is interested in the trust, whether under such circumstances the beneficiary may terminate the trust, irrespective of the intention of the creator of the trust. In…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Claflin v. ClaflinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  2. Sears v. ChoateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  3. Shelton v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  4. Sears v. HardyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  5. Young v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Delaware Trust Co. v. Delaware Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1952
  2. Delaware Trust Co. v. Delaware Trust Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1952
  3. Delaware Trust Co. v. FitzMauriceCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1944
  4. Stuart v. StuartCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1953
  5. Lewes Trust Co. v. SmithCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1949

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