Legal Opinion
The Paterson National Bank v. Mosher
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided September 16, 1944No. Docket 149/428PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
This suit for the construction of a will is brought to determine whether certain payments directed to be made are payable only out of income, or whether they are chargeable against the principal of certain assets designated in the will, so as to make up any deficit in the income. Testator died in 1914, leaving the will of which the following clauses are sought to be construed:
"Fourteenth: All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal, or mixed, and wherever situate, I give, devise and bequeath to my Executors hereinafter named, in trust, to be held by them and their…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Steelman v. WheatonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1907
- Commercial Trust Co. v. KohlNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
- Merritt v. MerrittNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1887
- Rutherford National Bank v. BlackNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943
3Cited by1 opinion
- Litcher v. Trust Co. of New JerseySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952