Legal Opinion
Guaranty Trust v. the N.Y. Com. Trust
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided December 13, 1946No. Docket 147/16PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Conrad Cantzen, a resident of Union City, New Jersey, departed this life on June 28th, 1945, leaving a holographic will dated August 4th, 1936, which was probated in the Hudson County Orphans Court on September 12th, 1945, by the complainant, who qualified as executor and trustee under the terms of the instrument.
The complainant seeks the aid and the instructions of this court, and for a construction of certain provisions of the will. The second paragraph of the will, disposing of decedent's residuary estate, reads:
"Second. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate I give and bequeath…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- VIDAL v. Girard's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Ould v. Washington Hospital for FoundlingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- MacKenzie v. Trustees of the PresbyterySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1905
- Jackson v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Noice v. SchnellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1927
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. N.Y. Community TrustNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1948
- Wright v. RenehanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1950
- Martin v. HaycockNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1947
- Howard Savings Inst. of Newark v. PeepSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961