Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, Volume 38Soney & Sage, 1884 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 43
... real estate other than that devised , and his personal estate is not sufficient to pay the debts and legacies . - Held , that the legacies are not charged on the land and must abate proportionally , and that testator did not die ...
... real estate other than that devised , and his personal estate is not sufficient to pay the debts and legacies . - Held , that the legacies are not charged on the land and must abate proportionally , and that testator did not die ...
Page 44
... estate should have been disposed of according to the will , there should remain any more of it , it was his will ... real estate devised by the will ( the testator had no other ) , and whether the legacy to James P. Hartung was , in fact ...
... estate should have been disposed of according to the will , there should remain any more of it , it was his will ... real estate devised by the will ( the testator had no other ) , and whether the legacy to James P. Hartung was , in fact ...
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... real estate devised by the will . There is no residuary real estate . Nothing is given to David in the will . There is no devise or legacy to him at all . The farm and the $ 800 mentioned in the clause purporting to devise and bequeath ...
... real estate devised by the will . There is no residuary real estate . Nothing is given to David in the will . There is no devise or legacy to him at all . The farm and the $ 800 mentioned in the clause purporting to devise and bequeath ...
Page 47
... real estate , the money is to be lent to him on such mortgage until his chil- dren come of age , when he is to pay the legacies to them as they respectively attain to their majority . It is true that it is the gen- eral rule that a ...
... real estate , the money is to be lent to him on such mortgage until his chil- dren come of age , when he is to pay the legacies to them as they respectively attain to their majority . It is true that it is the gen- eral rule that a ...
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... estate only in the latter . The language employed in the residuary clause is such as imports an absolute gift , both of the real and personal estate ; and the specific devises to George and Henry are in fee , in terms . It is quite ...
... estate only in the latter . The language employed in the residuary clause is such as imports an absolute gift , both of the real and personal estate ; and the specific devises to George and Henry are in fee , in terms . It is quite ...
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Page 571 - The degrees of kindred shall be computed according to the rule of the civil law ; and kindred of the half blood shall inherit equally with those of the whole blood, in the same degree, unless the inheritance came to the intestate by descent, devise, or gift of some one of his ancestors, in which case all those who are not of the blood of such ancestor shall be excluded from such inheritance.
Page 561 - ... the Comptroller of the Currency may forthwith appoint a receiver, and require of him such bond and security as he deems proper. Such receiver, under the direction of the Comptroller, shall take possession of the books...
Page 254 - But it is a rule which applies universally to all who come within its principle ; which principle is, that no party can be permitted to purchase an interest in property and hold it for his own benefit, where he has a duty to perform in relation to such property which is inconsistent with the character of a purchaser on his own account and for his individual use.
Page 156 - The court had jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject-matter of the suit, and...
Page 218 - IN The Court of Errors and Appeals, OF THE — STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Page 673 - ... neither being subject to any servitude to the other, — to work his own in the manner most convenient and beneficial to himself, although the natural consequence may be, that some prejudice will accrue to the owner of the adjoining mine, so long as that does not arise from the negligent or malicious conduct of the party.
Page 67 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Page 456 - Each mine-owner has all rights of property in his mine, and, among them, the right to get all minerals therefrom, provided he works with skill and in the usual manner. And if, while the occupier of a higher mine exercises that right, nature causes water to flow to a lower mine, he is not responsible for this operation of nature.
Page 51 - Where a gift is to the children of several persons, whether it be to the children of A and B or to the children of A and the children of B, they take per capita and not per stirpes.
Page 523 - The ownership of property is absolute when a single person has the absolute dominion over it, and may use it or dispose of it according to his pleasure, subject only to general laws.