Legal Opinion
Stickel v. Douglass
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 11, 1951PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Oliphant, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the .Chancery Division in an action seeking construction of a will. The question presented is to whom the trust fund set up by the second paragraph of the will should be paid. The paragraph provides as follows:
“Second: If my husband Robert Bruce Douglass survive me, I give, devise and bequeath the sum of Sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) unto my executors hereinafter named, in trust, nevertheless, to invest and keep invested the same and from time to time to vary the investment thereof, to collect the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hoyt v. OrcuttSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1949
- Stryker v. SandsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1950
3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re Estate of MortonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1966
- In Re WolfNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
- In Re Horrie EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
- In Re Estate of WehrhaneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1957
- Plainfield Trust Co. v. HagedornSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958