Legal Opinion
Guaranty Trust Co. v. Catholic, C., N.Y.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided January 8, 1948No. Docket 147/580PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The complainant prosecutes this suit in its capacity as the executor and trustee under the last will and testament of one Edwin Burke who died a resident of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, on September 26th, 1944. The object of the proceeding is to elicit from this court a judicial construction of certain articles of the decedent's will.
The following are transcriptions of the articles of the will about which circulate some incertitude and diversity of opinion.
"Ninth: I give, devise, and bequeath to the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as trustee the sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- St. John v. Andrews Institute for GirlsNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Robb v. . Washington Jefferson CollegeNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Hope v. . BrewerNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Noice v. SchnellSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1927
- Bigelow v. Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelting Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1908
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In Re Klein's EstateNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955
- Mirinda v. KingNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1951
- In Re PfizerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1954
- Danelczyk v. TynekNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1992
- City-Bank Farmers' Trust Co. v. RidealNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1948
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