Legal Opinion
Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Ackerman
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided May 11, 1938PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bodine, J.
The bill was filed for the construction of the will of the late J. Ackerman Coles, who died a resident of Union county December 16th, 1925. The will dated June 5th, 1925, was probated December 28th, 1925. The Fidelity Union Trust Company qualified and is still acting as executor of the will and trustee under the several trusts created therein. ■ The bill sought a construction of the sixth, seventh and eighth paragraphs thereof. So far as pertinent the provisions are as follows (the italics being ours) :
“Sixth: I give and devise all my real…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brine v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- De Vaughn v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Clarke v. ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Olmsted v. OlmstedSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- McGoon v. ScalesSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. AckermanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Estate of Lansing v. StateNew Jersey Tax Court · 1983
- Koehler Partition CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- In Re McDougalNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1959