Staats v. Bergen
New Jersey Court of Chancery
This cause was argued before J. Wilson, esq., one of the masters of the court, who was called by the Chancellor to sit and advise with him. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the master.
1Opinion of the Court
The Master.
In the year 1840, Abraham. I. Staats, father of the complainant, James B. Staats, died intestate, leaving, surviving him, his widow, Mary Staats, and three sons, to wit, the said James B. Staats, and John A., and Evert B. Staats. By agreement between said widow and heirs-at-law, they placed one thousand dollars in the hands of her brother, Zaccheus Bergen, the defendant, as trustee, the interest of which was to be paid to her during her life, in lieu of dower, and after her decease, the principal was to be paid equally to her said three sons. Mr. Bergen thereupon executed a…
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