Legal Opinion

Godfrey v. Roberts

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided June 29, 1903PublishedCited by 7 opinions

On demurrer.

1Opinion of the Court

Stevenson, Y. C.

The complainant in defending his bill against the criticism of the demurrants read from it the following case: George Roberts, by his last will, gives his entire estate, real and personal • — $10,000 of realty and $4,000 of personalty — to his widow for life, and at her death $4,000 of it to his son, the defendant George M. Roberts, who also is appointed executor in trust to invest the same in safe securities and pay the interest to the testator’s daughter, Esther E. Gill, semi-annually during her life, and on her. death to divide the fund equally among her (Esther’s) children…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Gray v. Union Trust Co.California Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Closset v. BurtchaellOregon Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Higgins v. WashburnCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1909
  4. Hills v. Travelers Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1939
  5. Hurt v. GilmerDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1930

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