Legal Opinion
Alrich v. Wood
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided June 11, 1947PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Seitz, Vice-Chancellor:
The court is asked to determine whether complainant has such an interest in certain real estate as will entitle her to specific performance of a contract of sale.
The facts are undisputed. Jane Alrich died July 8, 1907, seized in fee simple of the property known as 713 West Tenth Street, Wilmington. Her will contained the following residuary clause:
“Item. All the rest of my estate, real, personal and mixed, and wherever the same may be found, of which I shall die possessed, or to which I may be entitled at the time of my decease, I give, devise and bequeath unto my three…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bradford v. CulbrethSuperior Court of Delaware · 1939
- Brown v. DavisCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1925
- Richards v. KnightNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1902
- Zane v. WeintzNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1903
- Bradford v. CulbrethSupreme Court of Delaware · 1941
3Cited by3 opinions
- Jackson v. SchultzCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1959
- Jackson v. SchultzCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1959
- Kates v. Elmore Securities Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1956