Attorney-General, ex rel. Bliss v. Linden Cemetery Ass'n
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Howell, whose opinion is reported in 83 N. J. Eq. I9Jf.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
• On January 29th, 1901, William F. Smith, of New York, having acquired by purchase from the Winans estate a tract of land, in Union county, New Jersey, conveyed it for cemetery purposes to the Linden Cemetery Association, a New Jersey corporation, that had, more than a year before, been incorporated under the General Cemetery act of this state by the Winans family and certain other persons interested either in the establishment of a cemetery or in bringing about the sale of the Winans property. Of these incorporators Smith was not one and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Close v. Glenwood CemeterySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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