Legal Opinion

Ballantine v. Young

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided August 7, 1908PublishedCited by 9 opinions

On bill, &e.

1Opinion of the Court

Stevens, V. C.

This is a bill by trustees for direction in the performance of their duties under the trusts created by the will of John H. Ballantine. He died on April 27th, 1895, leaving a will which disposed of a large estate. The questions are such as have arisen between the life tenants and their children. They may be, for the purposes of this opinion, very briefly stated.

To his three sons, testator gave portions of his estate out and out. To his trustees he gave another portion, one-sixteenth, in trust for each son, reaching a certain age, his direction being

“they are to receive…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. New England Trust Co. v. EatonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
  2. In Re the Accounting of StevensNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
  3. Hemenway v. HemenwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
  4. Shaw v. CordisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Nirdlinger's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Gartenlaub v. Union Tr. Co. of S.F.California Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Old Colony Trust Co. v. ComstockMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  4. Hewitt v. HewittNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1931
  5. Brown v. Fidelity Union Trust Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944

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