Legal Opinion

Kearns v. Kearns

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided June 16, 1910PublishedCited by 21 opinions

On bill for instructions to executors and cross-bill.

1Opinion of the Court

Leaming, V. C.

It seems entirely clear that by the second paragraph of his will testator bequeathed to his wife all of his personal property except his stock in. Stuart & Peterson Company; and by the third paragraph of his will bequeathed, in trust, his stock in that company.

The bequest of “my household goods, cash on hand or in bank, life insurance and all other personal property of ever]1, description,” is a specific legacy so far as the household goods, cash *454and insurance are concerned; a general legacy so far as any other property passing by the bequest is concerned. The bequest of “'my…

2Cited by21 opinions

  1. Heyer v. BulluckSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  2. Heyer v. . BulluckSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1936
  3. Smith v. . SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1926
  4. Holmes, Trustee v. HrobonOhio Court of Appeals · 1951
  5. In Re Barrows' EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1931

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