Estate of Gilbert Smith, Inc. v. Cohen

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

The primary inquiry herein is whether the chancellor had jurisdiction to adjudge void three several deeds by which William G. Smith, Dorothy Smith Carter and Sarah C. Mor gan purported to convey to Edward Cohen and Marion Cohen, his wife, their respective undivided interests in a certain tract of land situate in the counties of Essex and Union, in this state, comprising eighteen acres, under a devise by Gilbert Smith to them and other lineal descendants, and the subsequent grant of the same interests by the Cohens to Nurses’ Grill, Inc. While…