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

  1. Steelman v. WheatonNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1907
  2. Commercial Trust Co. v. KohlNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
  3. Merritt v. MerrittNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1887
  4. Rutherford National Bank v. BlackNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Litcher v. Trust Co. of New JerseySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952

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