Legal Opinion

Sanford v. Sanford

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided September 5, 1927PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a suit brought by a husband against his former wife for an accounting of real and personal property turned over by him to her.

It appears that for some time after the marriage they lived together more or less happily. Part of the time they lived with an aunt. The wife had nothing, the husband very little. After the death of the aunt, the man came into a considerable property. With these funds a house was purchased in their joint names. This was afterwards transferred to the wife, who also took possession of all the personal property, furniture, jewelry, c. She then secured a divorce…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Slack v. ReesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1904
  2. Fretz v. RothSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1906
  3. Pearce v. StinesNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1911
  4. Coates v. GerlachSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1862
  5. Warlick v. . WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Kantor v. KantorNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
  2. Taylor v. MartinNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1939
  3. Wernick v. WernickNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1934

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