Legal Opinion

West Jersey Trust Co. v. Hayday

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided May 14, 1938PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This is a bill for partition in which the question for decision requires a construction of the will of George Hayday, Sr., deceased, the first question being the character of the estate devised to his son William Hayday under the provisions of item 8 of the will, which reads as follows:

"Item — I give, bequeath and devise the house and lot on Atlantic Avenue said Atlantic City twenty-six feet in width and eighty feet in depth southeastwardly also the use of the adjoining lot on the southwesterly side being about twenty feet wide on Atlantic Ave. and extending of that width about sixty feet…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Hinshaw v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Noice v. SchnellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1927
  3. Peer v. JenkinsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1928
  4. Traverso v. TraversoNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
  5. Hart v. LeonardSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1886

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re Estate of CookSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
  2. Rausch v. LibbyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
  3. President of the Manhattan Co. v. ArmourSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1953

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