Legal Opinion

Swetland v. Swetland

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided February 6, 1928PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pee Curiam.

Horace M. Swetland, of Montclair, New Jersey, died on June 15th, 1924. He left an estate of approximately $1,500,000 which he had disposed of by a will executed January 12th, 1922. This will was duly probated on June 30th, 1924. The executors and trustees qualified. The testator left him surviving, a widow, three married daughters, a married son, and a half-sister, who was in feeble health. Each of the testator’s children had living children. Differences arose respecting the construction of the will which made necessary the filing of a bill in the court of chancery for the judicial…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re the Will of FowlesNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
  2. In Re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of PiffardNew York Court of Appeals · 1888

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Bolles v. Toledo Trust Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Swetland v. SwetlandNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930
  4. Barrett v. BarrettNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
  5. Bottomley v. BottomleyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944

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