Case Name: Roy Underwood Smith, petitioner-respondent, v. Francis Barlow Smith, defendant-appellant
Court: New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1924-01-25
Citations: 95 N.J. Eq. 714
Docket Number: 
Parties: Roy Underwood Smith, petitioner-respondent, v. Francis Barlow Smith, defendant-appellant.
Judges: For affirmance—The Chief-Justice, Trenchard, Min-turn, Kalisch, Black, Campbell, Heppenheimer, Acicerson, Van Buskirk—9.
Reporter: New Jersey Equity Reports
Volume: 95
Pages: 714–714

Head Matter:
Roy Underwood Smith, petitioner-respondent, v. Francis Barlow Smith, defendant-appellant.
[Argued December 6th, 1923.
Decided January 25th, 1924.]
On appeal.
On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Lewis, whose opinion is reported in 96 N. J. Eq. 60.
Messrs. Ward & McGinnis, for the appellant.
Mr. Merritt Lane, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Our examination of the record in this case leads us to the conclusion that the decree of the court of chancery should be affirmed. We are not satisfied, however, with the result reached by the learned vice-chancellor, who heard the case on the first charge made in the petition against the defendant, viz., August 27th and 29th, 1918. We 'think the evidence is not sufficient to base a decree upon this charge. Otherwise the decree is affirmed.
For affirmance—The Chief-Justice, Trenchard, Min-turn, Kalisch, Black, Campbell, Heppenheimer, Acicerson, Van Buskirk—9.
For reversal—Parker, Katzenbach, Gardner, Clark —4.