Legal Opinion

Morgan v. Murton

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided May 5, 1942No. Docket 139/326PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

George W. Morgan, late of Annandale, New Jersey, died testate on March 16th, 1930, leaving him surviving a son Browne Morgan, the complainant, and a daughter Helen Morgan Murton. An exigency has now supervened in the administration of his estate which has induced the complainant as the surviving executor to request a judicial construction of certain portions of the will. The pertinent paragraphs of the will are:

"Paragraph seven: I give and devise to my children, Browne Morgan and Hazel Morgan Murton in trust however for the purposes set out in this paragraph those several certain tracts of…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Greene v. . GreeneNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  2. Sturgis v. Citizens National BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1927
  3. Bullock v. WiltbergerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
  4. Johnson v. MullerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1939
  5. McCracken v. GulickSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1920

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Blades v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1944
  2. Savings Investment Trust Co. v. LittleNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944
  3. Speth v. SpethNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1950
  4. Skovborg v. SmithNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1950

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