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

  1. Hoyt v. OrcuttSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1949
  2. Stryker v. SandsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1950

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of MortonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1966
  2. In Re WolfNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1967
  3. In Re Horrie EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1962
  4. In Re Estate of WehrhaneSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1957
  5. Plainfield Trust Co. v. HagedornSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958

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