Legal Opinion

Vineland Trust Co. v. Westendorf

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided June 30, 1916PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Backes, V. C.

This bill involves a construction of the last will and testament of Ellen M. Dyer, deceased. By the will she gave her residuary estate to Eliza Freeman Spencer for life, and disposed'of the remainder in this language:

“On the decease of the said Eliza Freeman Spencer, I further give, devise and bequeath, all my estate, as it shall then stand, to Mrs. Katharine Westendorf, of Denver, Arapahoe County, State of Colorado, teacher .of vocal expression and oratory, and to her friend, Mrs. Helen Campbell, author, to he used jointly by them in the furtherance of the broadest…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Chase v. DickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wendell v. Hazel Wood CemeteryNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949
  2. Wendell v. Hazel Wood CemeteryNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1950
  3. Mills v. Montclair Trust Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1946
  4. Hauser v. YMCANew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1966
  5. In re HavenNew York Supreme Court · 1941

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