Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. Dimock
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided July 9, 1946No. Docket 149/690PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The bill of complaint was filed to obtain a construction of the will of Mary Caroline Richards and the will of her daughter, Edith Gray Richards. The matter was submitted on the pleadings and a stipulation of facts.
Mary C. Richards died on April 29th, 1898, and her will was duly probated. Article "Fourth" of her will created a trust under which certain payments were to be made to her daughters, and then provided as follows:
"Upon the death of my daughter Edith it is my will that the principal of my property undisposed of shall be divided among my surviving children and grand-children in such…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pierson v. JonesNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1931
- Cameron v. CrowleyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1907
- Kahn v. RockhillNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
- Beattie v. AdamsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1938
- Kahn v. RockhillSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1943
3Cited by4 opinions
- The Nat. State Bank of Newark v. MorrisonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
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- Ferrell-French v. FerrellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
- Hopkins v. DimockSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1947