Bredin v. Wilmington Trust Co.

Short, Vice Chancellor:

Plaintiffs, the income beneficiaries of an inter vivas trust created by their father, Irénée duPont, seek a declaration as to the nature and extent of their interest under the trust. Defendants are the trustee and plaintiff’s children and issue more remote than children. Intervening plaintiffs are the husbands of six of the plaintiffs. All of the material facts set forth in the complaint are admitted by defendants other than the trustee, and by the intervening plaintiffs. The trustee takes a neutral position and requests instructions as to its duties and obligations…