Legal Opinion

Hewitt v. Hewitt

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided January 5, 1931PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This bill is filed by the (substituted) trustees under the will of Sarah A. Hewitt for the directions of the court. Mrs. Hewitt died August 14th, 1912, leaving a will dated May 17th, 1905, and seven codicils thereto. Thereby she gave to certain trustees one-sixth of the residuary estate "in trust to enter into, upon and to take possession of the same, to invest, reinvest and keep invested, the same, to collect and receive the rent, income, issues and profits thereof, and to apply the same to the use of my son, Edward R. Hewitt, during his life." Then to the use of certain other persons for…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. McCracken v. GulickSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1920
  2. Brown v. BrownNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1907
  3. Hagedorn v. ArensNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930
  4. Lang v. Lang'sSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
  5. Ballantine v. YoungNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1911

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Lich v. United States Rubber Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1941
  2. Brown v. Fidelity Union Trust Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944
  3. Graves v. GravesNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1934
  4. Bankers Trust Co. of N.Y. v. LobdellNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1934
  5. In Re RikerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1938

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