Legal Opinion
Smith v. Pond
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 24, 1920PublishedCited by 4 opinions
On appeal from a decree in chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Backes, whose opinion is reported in 90 N. J. Eq. 445.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gummere, Chibe-Justice.
The matter to be determined on this appeal is the true construction of the following bequest contained in the will of Anne Beaumont, who died in February, 1918:
“I order and direct my executors to sell at either public or private sale my home property now occupied by me, *. * * and I do hereby give and bequeath to the trustees of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Vineland, New Jersey, the amount of the net proceed® of said sale of my home. The said trustees to told the amount received -in trust, nevertheless, as an endowment…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1847
3Cited by4 opinions
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