Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. Green
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided June 19, 1910PublishedCited by 27 opinions
Bill for construction, of will and instructions to trustees. On final hearing on pleadings and proofs.
1Opinion of the Court
Stevenson, V. C.
The suit is for the construction of the will of Abram S. Hewitt, and for instructions to the complainants as trustees *348under that will. The will was made on December 31st, 1896, and the testator died on January 18th, 1903.
The following is the portion of the will the meaning and legal effect of which are brought in question:
“TMrd. I hereby give and bequeath to my Executors One hundred thousand dollars of the Prior Lien Gold Five per cent, bonds of the New York and Greenwood Lake Bailway Company, or in case they shall have been disposed of before my decease, in lieu thereof, the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Tilden v. . GreenNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Schettler v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Underwood v. . CurtisNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Culross v. . GibbonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Denison v. . DenisonNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
3Cited by27 opinions
- Reynolds Ex Rel. Cannon v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1935
- Swetland v. SwetlandNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930
- Swetland v. SwetlandNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
- Chenoweth v. BullittCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1928
- Bottomley v. BottomleyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944
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