Legal Opinion
Williams v. Vreeland
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided February 15, 1880PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Bill for relief. On final hearing on pleadings and proofs.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The complainants (who are the children of Eliza Sannier, deceased), seek, by this suit, to recover $10,000, and interest thereon, from the defendants, part of the amount of a legacy of $30,000 given by Henry Erost, deceased, late of Richmond county, Staten Island, their great-uncle, to his-nephew (their uncle), Cornelius Vreeland, now deceased, by his will, dated November 20th, 1870.
Henry Frost died in May, 1875, and his will was admitted to probate on the 21st of September following. It declares no trust as to the legacy of $30,000, but simply gives it to Cornelius Vreeland.…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Estate of Thornton C. LandNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1968