Jones v. Jones
Cases that cite this one
2 later published cases cite this decision.
- Hull v. Rolfsrud (N.D. 1954)
- The New York Trust Co. v. Murray (New Jersey Court of Chancery 1936)
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Opinion of the Court
The parties entitled to the corpus of a trust fund after the termination of life estates therein held hy a trustee for the benefit of certain persons of unsound mind filed a petition alleging that the income of the fund was more than sufficient for the support of those persons and asked that the surplus be paid to the petitioner. It is held that a Court of Equity has no power to grant the prayer of the petition, since to do so would be in violation of the terms of the will creating the trust, hy which the cestuis que trustent are the owners of the fund during their lives/
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.