Legal Opinion
Hayward v. Green
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided May 14, 1952No. 1, 1952PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tunnell, Justice,
delivering the opinion of the court:
Plaintiffs and defendant are three out of a total of ten brothers and sisters. Differences over the settlement of their father’s estate 1 resulted eventually in this litigation.
When the father died in 1943, he left no personal estate; his only asset was a possible equity in a farm of 167 acres near Newark, Delaware. The existence of such equity, and the extent of it, if there was one at the time of the father’s death, are conjectural. The children, however, hoped that upon holding the farm for- a time there would be a sufficient…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Olson v. LambNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
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- Oviatt v. SmithMichigan Supreme Court · 1924
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- In re Corcoran TrustsCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1971
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