Legal Opinion

Cooper v. Bishop

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided November 4, 1932PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The Chancellor:

The will of the testator need not be set out in full. In items three, four, five, six and eight it makes specific ,devices of parcels of real estate to the testator’s wife and four living children respectively. Item seven bequeaths pecuniary legacies of two thousand dollars to each of the testator’s two grandchildren, children of a deceased daughter, stating that the amount so given represented what the testator had intended to leave to his deceased daughter had she lived.

Having made these dispositions, the will then proceeds as follows:

*99“Item 9. All the rest of my real estate,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Rambo v. RumerCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1866
  2. Hilford v. WayCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1830
  3. Walters v. YoungCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1921
  4. In re Estate of JourneyCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1892
  5. In re the Estate of BarryNew York Surrogate's Court · 1930

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Maloney v. JohnsonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1939
  2. Security Trust Co. v. CoolingCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1945
  3. Sapp v. SappCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1953
  4. Sapp v. SappCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1953
  5. Security Trust Co. v. BulcroftCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1936

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