Washington Loan & Trust Co. v. Darling
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in equity, charging a trust fund with the payment of an annuity.
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Hearing on an appeal by tbe defendants from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in equity, charging a trust fund with the payment of an annuity. The Court in the opinion stated the case as follows: This is an appeal from a decree charging the estate of Nancy Darling and Charles Tiernan Darling, held in trust for them by the Washington loan and Trust Company under the will of their mother, Susan Gay Beatrice Spranger, deceased, with the payment of the sum of $50 per month to the appellee, Flora Adams Darling, during her life. The following facts appear from the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shepard
1. The first contention on behalf of the appellant is that the evidence fails to prove the contract alleged in the complainant’s bill, with the certainty made necessary by the nature of that contract and the circumstances surrounding the transaction.
Besides testifying on her own behalf, the complainant introduced six witnesses in support of her demand, none of whom was directly contradicted or impeached.
The evidence is voluminous, in consequence, chiefly, of the prolonged cross-examination of the complainant, and the addition thereto of a mass of exhibits consisting of correspondence and…
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