Bassett v. Shoemaker
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Pitney, who, after appeal taken, assigned the following reasons therefor: The bill was filed by one of the beneficiaries under the will of David Shoemaker, of Pedricktown, Salem county, and asked the court to set aside the sale and conveyance by Albert Bassett, executor of the will, of a farm of the testator situate at Pedricktown.
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Appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Pitney, who, after appeal taken, assigned the following reasons therefor: The bill was filed by one of the beneficiaries under the will of David Shoemaker, of Pedricktown, Salem county, and asked the court to set aside the sale and conveyance by Albert Bassett, executor of the will, of a farm of the testator situate at Pedricktown. The testator left two children, viz., David Shoemaker and Mrs. Sarah E. Bassett, wife of the executor, and the children of a deceased son, Isaac, of whom complainant is one, and two of whom are infants. By his will…
1Opinion of the Court
*541The opinion of the court was delivered by
Yak Syckel, J.
The facts of this ease are concisely' stated by the vice-chancellor, as follows:
The bill is filed by one of the beneficiaries under the will of David Shoemaker, of Pedricktown, Salem county, and asks the-court to set aside the sale and conveyance by .Albert Bassett,, executor of the will, of a farm of the testator in said county.. The testator left two children, viz., David Shoemaker and Mrs.. Sarah E. Bassett, wife of the executor, and the children of a. deceased son, Isaac, of whom the complainant is one, and two of whom are infants. By…
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