Fid. Union Trust Co. v. Reevess

Decision Date18 May 1925
Docket NumberNo. 33.,33.
Citation129 A. 922
PartiesFIDELITY UNION TRUST COMPANY, Adm'r, etc., Respondent. v. Frances REEVES et al., Appellants.
CourtNew Jersey Supreme Court

Appeal from Court of Chancery.

Whiting & Moore, of Newark, for appellants.

Francis Lafferty and Charles G. Titsworth, both of Newark, for respondent.

PER CURIAM. The decree appealed from will be affirmed, for the reasons stated in the opinion filed in the court below by Vice Chancellor Backes. 125 A. 582.

For affirmance: The CHIEF JUSTICE, Justices TRENCHARD, PARKER, MINTURN, BLACK, CAMPBELL, and LLOYD, and Judges GARDNER and KAYS.

For reversal: Judges WHITE, VAN BUSKIRK, CLARK, and McGLENNON.

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    • Seattle University School of Law Seattle University Law Review No. 15-01, September 1991
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