Case Name: MILNOR JONES vs. MARSHALL JONES et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1910-01-12
Citations: 111 Md. 700
Docket Number: 
Parties: MILNOR JONES vs. MARSHALL JONES et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland Reports
Volume: 111
Pages: 700–700

Head Matter:
MILNOR JONES vs. MARSHALL JONES et al.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Kent County, sitting in Equity.
Decided January 12th, 1910.

Opinion:
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/