Legal Opinion

American Nat. Bank, Camden v. Morgenweck

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided October 19, 1933PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

William E. Morgenweck, late of the city of Camden, died March 5th, 1930, leaving a will dated February 6th, 1919, a codicil dated July 25th, 1929, and a further codicil dated February 4th, 1930, all of which were duly probated by the surrogate of Camden county on March 17th, 1930.

Under the provisions of the second codicil, The American National Bank of Camden was made executor, and it assumed the duties of executor, as well as trustee, and has since been so acting.

Under the provisions of the will, certain specific bequests were made which were unaffected by the codicils.

By paragraph 10 of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McGill v. Trust Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1923
  2. Graves v. GravesNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1923
  3. Gillen v. HadleyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Scullin v. Mercantile-Commerce Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1950
  2. Gannett v. ShepleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
  3. Central Hanover Bank Trust Co. v. HelmeNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1937
  4. Estate of Crawford v. CrawfordMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Erny TrustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964

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