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IN RE BUCK TRUST

277 A.2d 717 (1971)

In re Alice Dupont BUCK TRUST.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

April 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Canby, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for Bank of Delaware, Trustee under the will of Alice du-Pont Buck.

Joseph H. Geoghegan, of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for William E. Haible.

David T. Dana, III, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for Bank of Delaware, Guardian ad Litem (for Thomas C. Haible, John R. Haible and Charles C. Haible), and for Paul duPont Haible and William W. Haible.

DUFFY, Chancellor:

Bank of Delaware, Trustee of a trust created under the will of Alice duPont Buck, filed a complaint for instructions to secure an answer to one question: Did Alice Wilson Haible, a daughter of Mrs. Buck, effectively exercise a testamentary power of appointment given to her by Mrs. Buck's will dated January 7, 1966?

A.

Mrs. Haible died on December 2, 1969 survived by her husband and five sons, three of whom are minors and for whom...

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