Legal Opinion

Matlock v. Matlock

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided December 5, 1925PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The court is asked to interpret and construe the will of one Robert K. Matlock.

The will in part reads:

"I give, bequeath and devise all my estate, real and personal and wherever located, to said Bradway Matlock and the survivor of them, in trust, and for the purposes following. * * *
"And my representatives and survivor will make sale of all my real estate, save the homestead, at public or private sale, as soon after my decease as they or he may deem it advisable to my interests, together with my personal property; to mass my estate to invest the same in first mortgages on lands in this state…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Stewart v. StewartNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1900
  2. Ogden v. McLaneNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1907
  3. Kellogg v. BurnettNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1908
  4. Hoagland v. CooperNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1903
  5. Bevans v. BevansNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1905

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cousins v. CousinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
  2. Caldwell National Bank v. RickardNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1928
  3. Hicks v. JonesNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1946
  4. The Pennsylvania Co., C. v. RobbNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1935
  5. Camden Trust Co. v. TooneNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1948

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