Villa Site Co. v. Copeland
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by the late Vice-Chancellor Stevens. The litigation began in 1909 and arose out of a situation created in 1892 by deeds of the Villa, Site Compány and the Haworth Improvement Company, to the appellant, Copeland, and a contemporaneous trust agreement executed by him. The first step in the suit wasi a bill by the Villa Site Company praying an account by Copeland as trustee and his removal by the court.
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On appeal from a decree advised by the late Vice-Chancellor Stevens. The litigation began in 1909 and arose out of a situation created in 1892 by deeds of the Villa, Site Compány and the Haworth Improvement Company, to the appellant, Copeland, and a contemporaneous trust agreement executed by him. The first step in the suit wasi a bill by the Villa Site Company praying an account by Copeland as trustee and his removal by the court. Later, Copeland filed a cross-bill praying a lien for his alleged advances under the trust, and a sale of the trust property to satisfy the same. The late…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Parker, J.
The attack on the decree covers items and classes of items claimed by appellant as credits in his account and disallowed below, and the general theory of the cáse as formulated by the vice-chancellor. We may say at this point that we concur in his theory as the correct one, and as dispositive of practically all the points urged on this appeal. At the same time we deem it best to consider them specifically as presented.
The first point stated is' that appellant “is entitled to credit for all payments to Herrick enumerated in Schedule H of the…
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