Marks v. Southern Trust Company

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that trust instruments are interpreted as are contracts, deeds or wills
• stressing the importance of the settlor’s intent “as evidenced by all the provisions of the instrument.”
• “[Construction of a will is a question of law for the court.... ”
• trust instruments should be construed and interpreted similarly to contracts and wills
• trust instruments should be construed and interpreted similarly to contracts and wills

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).