Legal Opinion

Shaler v. Trowbridge

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided November 15, 1877PublishedCited by 4 opinions

This cause was argued at May Term, 1876, before Hon.. Amzi Dodd, a special master, to whom it had been referred by the chancellor. The facts sufficiently appear in his opinion, and in that delivered on the appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

The Master.

This is a suit by three surviving partners against the widow, the heir at law, and the administrator of the deceased partner. The disputed question discussed at the argument relates exclusively to the widow, and is the question whether certain real estate and certain policies of life insurance, to which she held the legal title at her husband’s death, should be decreed to be, in equity, the property of the firm.

From the pleadings and proofs, I find the facts of the case to be these: On the 2d of January, 1865, the four partners composing the firm, to wit, Joseph A. Trowbridge, of…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jansen v. TylerOregon Supreme Court · 1935
  2. Muller v. SchramNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
  3. Ordway Bldg. Loan Assn. v. MoeckNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930
  4. Green v. LevitskyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1936

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