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

  1. Barrett v. BarrettNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
  2. Carter v. GrayNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1899
  3. Duane v. StevensNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1945

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. BURLINGTON COUNTY NAT. BANK, MEDFORD v. BraddockNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
  2. Hackensack Trust Co. v. BogertNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
  3. Oberlander v. EddingtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
  4. Oberlander v. EddingtonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964

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