LUKENS v. CAMDEN TRUST COMPANY


2 N.J. Super. 214 (1948)

62 A.2d 886

CARRIE B. LUKENS, PLAINTIFF, v. CAMDEN TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CECILIA R. BENEKE, DECEASED, ET ALS., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided December 22, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wilfred B. Wolcott, for plaintiff.

Mr. Benjamin F. Friedman, for defendants Laura S. Beneke and Hollis P. Breeding, trustees durante absentia of the estate of Louis H. Beneke.

Messrs. Starr, Summerill and Davis, for defendant Joseph L. Shoemaker, Jr., Eleanor S. Cameron, Charlotte P. Shoemaker and Franklin L. Shoemaker.

Messrs. Norcross and Farr, for defendants and counterclaimants Camden Trust Company, executor and trustee under the last will and testament of Cecilia R. Beneke, deceased, and Camden Trust Company, Trustee under the last will and testament of William A. Beneke, deceased.

Mr. George C. Winne, for defendant Sarah Showaker.

Messrs. Boyle, Archer and Greiner, for the defendant Save the Children Federation Inc.

Messrs. Bennett, Bennett and Wingate, for defendant Camden Christian Centre.

Mr. Grover C. Richman, for defendant Camden Home for Children.


BERRY, J.S.C.

This is one of the unfinished cases of the late Vice-Chancellor Woodruff which was assigned to me after the effective date of the Judicial Article of the 1947 Constitution. All of the issues in this controversy except those dependent upon the death of Louis H. Beneke, one of the beneficiaries named in the last will and testament of Cecilia R. Beneke, deceased, and the date thereof, have been disposed of by compromise and agreement among counsel, or otherwise...

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