Smith v. Bayright
New Jersey Court of Chancery
In partition. On petition of Israel H. Johnson, administrator of Sarah M. Livesey, for the payment to the persons entitled thereto, of the money deposited in court as her share of the property sold in partition.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The question presented for decision is whether certain money, ■which was paid into this court in 1871 as the share of Sarah M. Livesey, now deceased (then, and up to the time of her death, a resident of the state of Pennsylvania),_ of the proceeds of the sale of land in this state, in partition, goes to her next of kin, or to her heirs-at-law. The master has reported that the interest of the money should be paid to her administrator, and the principal to her heirs-at-law ex parte materna, the property having been derived by her by descent from that side. She was, with her…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Catlin v. WareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
- Sanford v. . SanfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
- Crouse v. HolmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1862
- Dicken v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
- In re SalisburyNew York Court of Chancery · 1818
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