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Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Reeves

Court of Errors and Appeals
May 18, 1925
98 N.J. Eq. 412 (N.J. 1925)

Summary

upholding contract between a 79-year-old woman and a Home which agreed to maintain her in return for a $300 fee plus any property, real or personal, which she might acquire

Summary of this case from Onderdonk v. Presbyterian Homes of N.J

Opinion

Decided May 18th, 1925.

On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Backes, whose opinion is reported in 96 N.J. Eq. 490.

Mr. Francis Lafferty and Mr. Charles G. Titsworth, for the respondents.

Messrs. Whiting Moore, for the appellants.


The decree appealed from will be affirmed, for the reasons stated in the opinion filed in the court below by Vice-Chancellor Backes.

For affirmance — THE CHIEF-JUSTICE, TRENCHARD, PARKER, MINTURN, BLACK, CAMPBELL, LLOYD, GARDNER, KAYS, JJ. 9.

For reversal — WHITE, VAN BUSKIRK, CLARK, McGLENNON, JJ. 4.


Summaries of

Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Reeves

Court of Errors and Appeals
May 18, 1925
98 N.J. Eq. 412 (N.J. 1925)

upholding contract between a 79-year-old woman and a Home which agreed to maintain her in return for a $300 fee plus any property, real or personal, which she might acquire

Summary of this case from Onderdonk v. Presbyterian Homes of N.J
Case details for

Fidelity Union Trust Co. v. Reeves

Case Details

Full title:FIDELITY UNION TRUST COMPANY et al., respondents, v. FRANCES REEVES et…

Court:Court of Errors and Appeals

Date published: May 18, 1925

Citations

98 N.J. Eq. 412 (N.J. 1925)

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