Legal Opinion
Trust Co. v. Greenwood Cemetery
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided June 11, 1943PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eielbek, Y. C.
By this suit complainant, as executor and trustee under the wills of Emma B. Savage and Mercedes L. Savage, seeks construction of the wills and instruction as to its duties thereunder.
The decedents were sisters and their wills, both dated May 20th, 1931, are identical in every particular except that in the third, fourth and seventh paragraphs of Emma’s will the name of Mercedes appears, while in the same paragraphs of Mercedes’ will, Emma’s name appears.
The sisters were spinsters. At the date of the wills Emma was about seventy-two years old and Mercedes was about seventy-five.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Noice v. SchnellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1927
- Pennington v. Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1903
- Byrne v. ByrneNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1938
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. RowlandNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
- Tooker v. VreelandNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1921
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3Cited by8 opinions
- East Orange v. BD. OF WATER COM'RS OF EAST ORANGENew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1962
- Minogue v. LipmanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
- Minogue v. LipmanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
- Sellyei v. LecsoNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
- Alfreno v. Arblaster, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1986
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