Mount Holly Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Deacon
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On bill, &e. The will of Sarah H. Woolston, dated September 29th, 1879, provided as follows: “Know all men by these presents, that I, Sarah H. Woolston, of the city of Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of 'New Jersey, missionary to the Chinese at Foochow, China, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following: “First.
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On bill, &e. The will of Sarah H. Woolston, dated September 29th, 1879, provided as follows: “Know all men by these presents, that I, Sarah H. Woolston, of the city of Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of 'New Jersey, missionary to the Chinese at Foochow, China, considering the uncertainty of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following: “First. I do hereby constitute and appoint my youngest sister, Beulah Woolston, to be solo executrix of this my last will and testament, providing she is in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Beaming, V. C.
The controversy in these two suits, which have been heard together, is determined by the ascertainment of the intention of testatrix in the use of the expression “one-half of all moneys belonging to my estate.”
A great number and variety of adjudicated cases are reported in which courts have been called upon to define the meaning of the term “moneys” as used in wills. An extended review of these cases seems unnecessary. It will be found that the word may be appropriately used to mean cash only, it may also be used as the equivalent of personal estate, and it may also be used as…
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