Legal Opinion
Rowe v. Davis
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided May 9, 1946No. Docket 148/380PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The problems presented to the court arise from this clause in the last will of Catherine Nelson Hart, deceased:
"I here by give my Executor hereinafter named to sell all my stocks — Bond and Money in banks and have it divided equally between Princeton Hospital Princeton New Jersey Hospital and home for cripple children Home and Nursery school for the blind."
The will directs payment of debts and funeral expenses and disposes specifically of jewelry and other chattels. General legacies totaling $4,350 are followed by the clause which I have quoted. There is no other residuary bequest. Testatrix'…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- MacKenzie v. Trustees of the PresbyterySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1905
- German Pioneer Verein v. MeyerNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1906
- In Re Young Women's Christian Asso.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1924
- Nichols v. Newark HospitalNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1906
- German Pioneer Verein v. MeyersSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1907
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Wilber v. Asbury Park National Bank, C., Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1948
- Bankers Trust Co. v. NY, Etc., AnimalsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. AckermanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Bankers Trust Co. v. NY, ETC., FOR ANIMALSNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Tp. of Cinnaminson v. First Camden Nat. Bk. & Tr.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1968
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