Westervelt v. Ackerman
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Bill .of Interpleader. The cause came on for hearing, upon a demurrer filed hy the defendants to the complainants’ bill. The character of the bill and the grounds of demurrer are fully stated in the opinion of the chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
Tpie Chancellor.
The facts of the case are briefly these. One Leiah Lozier, of the county of Bergen, being seized and possessed of real and personal estate, made her will in January, 1824. By her will, she gave one-third of her estate to her daughter, Ann Brinkerhoof, and the residue, as well real as personal, she gave to her executors, in trust, to sell and dispose of the same ; and the one-half of the moneys arising from the sale of the real estate, and the one-third of all other moneys which the executors should receive, she directed to be placed out on security, and the interest accruing…
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