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RIGGS NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D.C. v. ZIMMER

304 A.2d 69 (1973)

The RIGGS NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON, D. C. and Edward H. Porter, Jr., Trustees under the Will of Willard Saulsbury, Petitioners, v. Ruth Anna ZIMMER et al., Respondents.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

March 22, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney M. Layton, and Richard G. Elliott, Jr., Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, and Frederick M. Bradley, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., for The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C., and Edward H. Porter, Jr., Trustees.

William S. Potter, Charles S. Crompton, Jr., Michael D. Goldman, and Steven R. Karlsen, Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, for Ruth Anna Zimmer and certain other respondents.

Andrew G. T. Moore, II, Killoran & Van Brunt, Wilmington, for certain minor and other respondents.

Johannes R. Krahmer, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, for Lillian P. Hunter and certain other respondents.

Wayne N. Elliott, Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders, Wilmington, guardian ad litem for Susan M. Higel.

Arthur L. Rocklin, Rocklin & Rocklin, Baltimore, Md., for respondent Mary Lou Ponder Goembel.

Paul R. Reed, Georgetown, for respondent James H. Ponder.

DUFFY, Chancellor:

The Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C. and Edward H. Porter, Jr., trustees under the will of Senator Willard Saulsbury (petitioners) seek instructions as to the distribution of trust corpus. Respondents are certain descendants of the Testator's grandfathers who were living on the date of the Testator's death (Hunter respondents) and/or on the date of death of the Testator's grandnephew, Willard Saulsbury, III (Zimmer respondents), and Susan...

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