Legal Opinion
Skillman v. Wiegand
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided February 15, 1896PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Heard on bill, answer and proofs.
1Opinion of the Court
Pitney, Y. C.
The contest in this cause is over the sum of $2,776.99, drawn by the defendant, Mrs. Wiegand, out of the Provident Institution for Savings, known as the Bee Hiye Bank, in Jersey City, the day before the death of the complainant’s testator, Ebenezer King. The money, at the time, stood on the books of the bank, as shown by the pass-book, in the joint names of the testator and the defendant, by her maiden name of Lizzie A. King. She was the testator’s daughter. He died on the 29th of September, 1891, at her house in Jersey City, in his eighty-second year.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of BolinNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Taylor v. HenryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
- Whitney v. WheelerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Brown v. BrownNew York Supreme Court · 1857
3Cited by5 opinions
- Commercial Trust Co. v. WhiteNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
- Dill v. DillNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1935
- Nat., C., Lyndhurst v. Rutherford Trust Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1931
- Bianchi v. BedellNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
- Stiles v. NewschwanderNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1946