Legal Opinion
Field v. Fidelity Union Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 20, 1939No. 7055PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIDDLE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the construction of the New Jersey Act validating tentative trusts with respect to saving bank deposits; and the extent to which our court must or should follow two decisions of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey, not a court of final resort, holding the Act void.
Edith M. Peck on January 2, .1935, transferred a savings account with United States Savings Bank of Newark to “Edith M. Peck, in trust for Ethel Adelaide Field”. Peck died on January 6, 1935. This transfer was made after she had' told the assistant trust officer of Fidelity Union Trust…
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