Gifford v. Thorn
Supreme Court of New Jersey
The Chancellor having been of counsel for one of the parties, the cause was beard on the pleadings and proofs before the Hon. Henry W. Green, and pursuant to his advice and opinion a decree was entered dismissing the complainant’s bill, without costs.. From that decree the complainant appeals to this court. The material issues made by the pleadings sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Chief Justice.
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, C. J.
The bill in this cause is filed by the administrator of Elizabeth Hait to recover a distributive share of the residue of the personal estate of William Jauncey, deceased, to which it is alleged that the said Elizabeth Hait became entitled as one of the next of kin of the said William Jauncey.
The right and interest of Elizabeth Hait, the complainant’s intestate, in the estate real and personal of which William Jauncey may have died intestate, was assigned by her to Herman Thorn, one of the defendants, by deed of assignment hearing date on the 27th of March, 1833. That assignment the bill seeks…
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