Legal Opinion
Redmond v. N.J. Historical Society
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided February 14, 1941No. Docket 124/157PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The complainants, Lawrence Preston Redmond, Dorothy Redmond Hubbard and Gertrude Redmond McCain, are the great-great-grandchildren and the only living descendants of Captain James Lawrence. Their suit is one which has not been inaptly described as "equitable replevin." Complainants pray that the defendant be decreed to surrender and deliver up, in specie, the portrait by Gilbert Stuart of Captain James Lawrence.
Captain James Lawrence, an American naval officer in the War of 1812 and the author of the famous order "Don't give up the ship," was a native of New Jersey.
Mary Lawrence Redmond, the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Zabriskie v. HuylerNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1902
- Farnum v. Pennsylvania Co. for Insurance on LivesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1917
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Bottomley v. BottomleyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944
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