Legal Opinion
Roos v. Roos
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided August 12, 1964PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Short, Vice Chancellor:
This is an action to reform a written declaration of trust. Plaintiffs are the trustees named in the trust instrument. Defendants are the executors of the estate of the deceased wife of the settlor. The case is before the court on plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment.
On June 19, 1936 David L. Topkis executed a written declaration of trust declaring that he was possessed of 500 shares of the common stock of Strand Realty Company, a Delaware corporation, “in trust as follows:
“FIRST: During my life the dividends of said stock are to be held for and on my own account or…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- La Rocca TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Irish v. IrishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- In re duPontCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1963
- Kiser v. LucasCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1936
- In Re duPontCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Berman v. SandlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Penn Mutual Life Insurance v. AbramsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Roos v. RoosCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1964
- In Re Estate of RobinsonDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
- DuPont v. Southern Nat. Bank of Houston, TexasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1983
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