Legal Opinion

McGill v. Trust Co.

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided May 15, 1923PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Buchanan, V. C.

Dr. John Dale McGill died November 28th, 1912, leaving a will and a codicil thereto, both duly probated in Hudson county, under the provisions of which the Trust Company of New Jersey was made executor and also trustee. It assumed the duties of executor and trustee and has since been acting as such.

*659The testamentary design, as expressed by the codicil, was broadly, that the income from the estate should be paid to his two children, Alexander and Eleanor (now Mrs. Mayer), during their lives, and at their deaths to their children—the corpus to go to such children of Alexander and…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Steerman v. SnowNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1922

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Brown v. Fidelity Union Trust Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1939
  2. Denny v. HylandWashington Supreme Court · 1931
  3. In Re BurnettNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958
  4. Westfield Trust Co. v. BeekmanNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1925
  5. Maxwell v. MaxwellNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1937

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