Legal Opinion

In re the Estate of Cavender

Orphan's Court of Delaware

Decided May 16, 1925PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Harrington, J.,

delivering the opinion of the court:

The question before the court is as to the proper distribution of the proceeds arising from the sale of the real estate of Mary C. Cavender, deceased.

Chapter 212, Volume 33, Laws of Delaware, page 617, which is substituted for Section 3267, Revised Code 1915, in part, provides:

“When any person-having title, or right, legal or equitable, to any lands, tenements, or hereditaments in fee simple, shall die intestate as to the same, such lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall descend, in fee simple, unless herein otherwise provided, to his…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Snow v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In re the Estate of WhiteOrphan's Court of Delaware · 1944
  2. In re the Estate of MonaghanOrphan's Court of Delaware · 1956
  3. In re the Estate of SmithCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1983
  4. Godwin v. MarvelOrphan's Court of Delaware · 1953
  5. Godwin v. MarvelSuperior Court of Delaware · 1953

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