Legal Opinion
Reilly v. Mahoney
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided May 12, 1941No. Docket 129/196PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
The meritorious question is, who inherits certain lands of which Katie Shiel died seized? She left two cousins, Catherine Reilly and Mary A.K. Smith, who are of equal degree of consanguinity nearest to decedent and who inherit the estate as tenants in common "unless such inheritance came to the decedent by descent, devise or gift from an ancestor of the decedent, in which case all those not of the blood of such ancestor shall be excluded from such inheritance." R.S. 3:3-8. The decedent acquired her title by devise from her cousin Daniel F. Breslin. Mary A.K. Smith is of the blood of Daniel F.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Thompson v. Maxwell Land Grant & Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- In Re Estate of MeredithMichigan Supreme Court · 1936
- French v. ShotwellNew York Court of Chancery · 1821
- McCarthy v. . MarshNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Hyde v. . the Superior CourtSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1907
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3Cited by1 opinion
- MIDDLESEX CONCRETE, ETC. v. Borough of CarteretNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955