Legal Opinion

Colton v. Wade

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided May 10, 1951PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

80 A.2d 923 (1951)

COLTON et al.

v.

WADE.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle.

May 10, 1951.

Louis L. Redding, Wilmington, for plaintiffs.

H. Albert Young and Stephen E. Hamilton, Jr., Wilmington, for defendant.

SEITZ, Vice Chancellor.

For purposes of disposing of the present motions, the well pleaded factual allegations must be taken as true. Plaintiffs are the only next of kin and heirs at law of William Wade, deceased. The defendant is William Wade's widow. During the lifetime of William Wade he and his wife took title as tenants by the entirety to a certain piece of real estate. On August…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Bryant v. . BryantSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
  2. Der Minasian v. Aetna Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  3. Beddingfield v. Estill & NewmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Hurd v. HughesCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1920
  5. Welsh v. JamesIllinois Supreme Court · 1950

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Danby v. Osteopathic Hospital Ass'n of DelawareCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1953
  2. Neiman v. HurffSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
  3. Preston v. ChabotSupreme Court of Vermont · 1980
  4. Cowan v. PleasantCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1954
  5. Danby v. Osteopathic Hospital Ass'nCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1953

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