Collins v. Lewis
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Stevens, who delivered the following opinion: On July 5th, 1883, the complainant, Florence G. Collins, was married to Walter S. Collins. She was then possessed of property consisting of bonds and other securities held for her by her mother, Mrs. Gaston. On March 7th, 1884, Mrs. Gaston handed to Walter S. Collins securities to the amount of $16,600 and took from him an acknowledgment that he received them for his wife.
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On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Stevens, who delivered the following opinion: On July 5th, 1883, the complainant, Florence G. Collins, was married to Walter S. Collins. She was then possessed of property consisting of bonds and other securities held for her by her mother, Mrs. Gaston. On March 7th, 1884, Mrs. Gaston handed to Walter S. Collins securities to the amount of $16,600 and took from him an acknowledgment that he received them for his wife. Among them were seven bonds of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company, six of which, on March 7th, 1888, he…
1Per curiam
The decree appealed from will be affirmed, for the reasons given by Vice-Chancellor Stevens in his opinion in the court below.
For affirmance — The Chancellor, Chief-Justice, Yan Syckel, Garrison, Gummere, Ludlow, Collins, Bogert, Hendrickson, Adams, Yredenburgh, Yoorhees — 12.
For reversal — Hone.
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