Legal Opinion
U.S. Trust Co. v. Montclair Trust Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided September 5, 1943No. Docket 149/473PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The complainant seeks to recover out of a fund created by the last will and testament of Julia C. Sherman, deceased, a debt owed to complainant by Clarence G. Appleton, deceased. Mrs. Sherman's will contains the following provision which gives rise to the litigation:
"Third: I give and bequeath to the Montclair Trust Company of Montclair, New Jersey, the sum of Forty thousand ($40,000.00) Dollars IN TRUST NEVERTHELESS for the following uses and purposses: to pay, as and from the date of my death, the income therefrom in equal monthly payments, as near as may be, to Clarence G. Appleton of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Clark v. CampbellSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1926
- State Street Trust Co. v. KisselMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Long v. StoutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
- Kent v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1850
- Herbert v. Central Hanover Bank Trust Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1942
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Dean v. First National BankOregon Supreme Court · 1959
- The Pennsylvania Co., C., Annuities v. KellyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1943
- The Nat. State Bank of Newark v. MorrisonNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
- Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. ParfnerNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944
- People v. ThompsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
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