Legal Opinion

In Re Willey

New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division

Decided September 5, 1946PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is an appeal from a decree of the Essex County Orphans Court settling the final account of the executors and trustees of the will of John H. Willey, deceased. The will gave to testator's widow a legacy of $30,000, and bequeathed the residuary estate to the executors in trust,

"To pay the income from such trust fund to my wife Ella Stickney Willey, during her life, in monthly or weekly payments.
"To pay so much of the principal of the fund from time to time to my wife as may be required to meet emergencies or to maintain her comfortably, the amounts so used to be determined in the sole…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cox v. WillsNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1891

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Sibson v. FIRST NAT. BK. & TRUST CO. OF PAULSBORONew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1960
  2. Renner v. CastellanoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
  3. Stetson v. COMMUNITY CHEST, ETC., MAPLEWOODNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
  4. In Re Estate of ThompsonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
  5. Sibson v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TR. CO.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1960

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