Legal Opinion
The Hackensack Trust Co. v. Clark
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided December 5, 1947No. Docket 147/457PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By this bill, the complainant, as trustee under the will of George S. Clark, deceased, seeks a construction of the fourth paragraph of the will, which paragraph reads as follows:
"Fourth: I give devise and bequeath the remaining three parts of my estate to the Hackensack Trust Company, in trust, however, for the following purposes:
"To invest and re-invest the same and pay the income from one-third part of said trust to my wife for her natural life, and upon her death the said one-third part of said trust fund shall revert to and become a part of the principal of said trust fund, the income of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Barrett v. BarrettNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
- Carter v. GrayNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1899
- Duane v. StevensNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1945
3Cited by4 opinions
- BURLINGTON COUNTY NAT. BANK, MEDFORD v. BraddockNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
- Hackensack Trust Co. v. BogertNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Oberlander v. EddingtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- Oberlander v. EddingtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964