Legal Opinion
In Re Nilsson
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided February 28, 1933PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petition is by Gertrude L. Nilsson and Lucie L. Heisinger, only children of John Sherman Lyons, and prays for an order directing the clerk in chancery to pay to them certain moneys now on deposit with the clerk of this court and representing the proceeds of the sale of certain lands owned by Emma Jane Judge at the time of her death on March 17th, 1905. By the fifth and eighth clauses of the last will and testament of Emma Jane Judge, she devised as follows:
"Fifth. I give and devise to John Sherman Lyons, house and lot No. 155 West Side avenue, lots 153 and 154, corner West Side avenue and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sherman v. FlackIllinois Supreme Court · 1918
- Schmieder v. MeyerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1925
- Anthony v. Camden Safe, C., Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930
- L'Hommedieu v. L'HommedieuNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1925
- Schmeider v. MeyerNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1924
3Cited by6 opinions
- Bennett v. Fidelity Union Trust Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1937
- Dutton v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1946
- Simpkins v. SimpkinsNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
- Lawrence v. Westfield Trust CompanyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1948
- Pedrick v. Guarantee Trust Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1938
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