Legal Opinion
Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Ackerman
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided April 15, 1937PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The complainant, Fidelity Union Trust Company, executor and trustee under the last will and testament of J. Ackerman Coles, deceased, brings this bill of complaint and prays for the construction of certain clauses in his will and for instruction in reference thereto. The facts are stipulated.
The deceased, a bachelor, died September 16th, 1925, a resident of Scotch Plains, Union county, New Jersey. His will dated June 5th, 1925, was admitted to probate by the surrogate of Union county, December 28th, 1925.
Under the seventh paragraph of his will the testator devised and bequeathed all the rest,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Sewall v. WilmerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Harrison v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
- Farnum v. Pennsylvania Co. for Insurance on Lives & Granting AnnuitiesNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1916
- In Re DorranceNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1934
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. AckermanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. CaldwellNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1945
- Keller v. American Cyanamid Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
- In Re McDougalNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1959
- Miller v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940