Sussex Trust Co. v. Polite

Citations

• 12 Del. Ch. 37
• 105 A. 375
• 1918 Del. Ch. LEXIS 20

Syllabus

<p>A direction to an executor to sell real estate imposes on the executor such a trust duty as entitles him to instructions of a court of equity as to the performance of his duties and the identity of the land to be sold.</p> <p>A devisee, claiming a mere legal estate, cannot come into equity for the sole purpose of obtaining a construction of the will.</p>