KEEGAN v. ESTATE OF KEEGAN


157 N.J. Super. 279 (1978)

384 A.2d 913

THOMAS F. KEEGAN, ADMINISTRATOR C.T.A. OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD J. KEEGAN, DECEASED, AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF BARBARA ANN KEEGAN, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF, v. THE ESTATE OF EDWARD J. KEEGAN, THE ESTATE OF BARBARA ANN KEEGAN, THOMAS F. KEEGAN; EDWARD J. KEEGAN, JR.; THOMAS F. KEEGAN, GUARDIAN OF BARBARA ANN KEEGAN; THOMAS F. KEEGAN, GUARDIAN OF MARY BETH KEEGAN; THOMAS F. KEEGAN, GUARDIAN OF MARK E. KEEGAN; THOMAS F. KEEGAN, GUARDIAN OF DAVID E. KEEGAN; THOMAS F. KEEGAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT EDWARD KEEGAN, ALSO KNOWN AS ROBERT E. KEEGAN; THOMAS F. KEEGAN ACTING UNDER THE STATUTE N.J.S.A. 3A:6-6 FOR THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL KEEGAN, ALSO KNOWN AS MICHAEL EDWARD KEEGAN, JOSEPH EDWARD KEEGAN, DECEASED, JAMES EDWARD KEEGAN, DECEASED; STATE BANK OF MANVILLE; COMMUNITY STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY; PAUL KEITH; MIDATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK; MICHAEL PALAZZOLO; WALTERS NURSERY INC.; BRADEN'S FLYING SERVICE; ROSE BEDELL; CARDINAL AIRWAYS; ANTHONY CONSTANZO; H.J. OPDYKE LUMBER CO., INC.; ALVICE M. CRUZ; CENTRAL HOME TRUST COMPANY; AGWAY PETROLEUM CORPORATION; CITY NATIONAL BANK OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided February 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nathan Reibel for plaintiff (Messrs. Reibel and Isaac, attorneys).

Mr. Richard M. Conley, pro se, administrator ad litem of the estate of Edward J. Keegan.

Mr. John W. Thatcher, pro se, administrator ad litem of the estate of Barbara Ann Keegan.

Mr. George Warren, pro se, guardian ad litem of Mary Beth Keegan, Mark E. Keegan and David E. Keegan, infants.

Mr. Andrew M. Epstein for defendant City National Bank of New Jersey (Messrs. Epstein, Epstein, Brown, Bosek and Turndorf, attorneys).

Mr. Stanley Friedman for defendant trustees of the trust fund for the benefit of the shareholders of the State Bank of Manville (Messrs. Trombadore and Trombadore, attorneys).

Mr. George W. Canellis for defendant Michael Palazzolo (Messrs. Sauer, Boyle, Dwyer, Canellis and Cambria, attorneys).


MORTON I. GREENBERG, J.S.C.

On June 1, 1976 all six persons on board an airplane were killed in a crash. They were the presumed pilot, Edward J. Keegan, and Barbara Ann Keegan, his wife, and four of their ten children, Robert Edward Keegan, Michael E. Keegan, Joseph Edward Keegan and James Edward Keegan. There is no evidence of the order of death. Edward J. Keegan died testate, his will having been executed March 6, 1974. Barbara Ann Keegan died intestate with no...

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