Legal Opinion

Kent v. Armstrong

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided April 15, 1850PublishedCited by 11 opinions

This case is reported ante, page 559. It was argued on the appeal by

1Opinion of the CourtRandolph, Justice

Margaret Armstrong made and duly executed her last will and testament by which after disposing of her plate to her four children, giving her husband a life estate in her house and lot in Elizabethtown if he remained unmarried and occupied the same as a residence, but at his death or when he should cease to comply with the conditions of the will his deviso was to become null and void, and the house and lot and all the furniture therein ex*638cept the plate is to become the absolute property of her daughter Eliza Rosetta “to be taken and held under the like restrictions, limitations and conditions…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ide v. IdeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
  2. Dawes v. SwanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Gaston v. FordNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1926
  2. Bottomley v. BottomleyNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1944
  3. Second National, C., Co. v. BordenNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1933
  4. West Side Trust Co. v. GiulianoNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1930
  5. U.S. Trust Co. v. Montclair Trust Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1943

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