Legal Opinion

Trust Co. v. Williams

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 16, 1937No. 11969PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Jenkins, Justice.

The heirs at law of a testator filed a peti*707tion to construe and declare void the residuary (sixth) item of his will, which was as follows: “All the residue of my property, of whatever character, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and including any lapsed legacy or devise of personalty or realty, I will to Trust Company of Georgia, a Georgia corporation, with an office in Atlanta, as trustee, to accumulate the net income from the trust estate for a period of twenty-five (25) years, and to add the same to the corpus to become a part thereof. At the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. McDonald v. Massachusetts General HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
  2. Roosen v. Peter Bent Brigham HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  3. Morton v. Savannah HospitalSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  4. Kline v. Citizens National Trust & Savings BankCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
  5. Linton v. Lucy Cobb InstituteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Goetz v. Old National Bank of MartinsburgWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Regents of the University System v. Trust Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  3. Cleveland Osteopathic Hospital v. ZangerleOhio Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Moss v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  5. Perkins v. Citizens & Southern National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940

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