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LAWRENCE v. WESTFIELD TRUST COMPANY

1 N.J. Super. 423 (1948)

61 A.2d 899

ALEXANDER K. LAWRENCE, ET ALS., PLAINTIFFS, v. THE WESTFIELD TRUST COMPANY AND LOUIS LAWRENCE, TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF MARIE DePUI NORTON, ET ALS., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided November 8, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. McKirgan & Gilson (Mr. Elmer McKirgan appearing), attorneys for plaintiffs.

Messrs. Beard and McGall (Mr. William M. Beard appearing), attorneys for defendant, The Westfield Trust Company, substituted trustee.

Mr. J. Albert Homan, attorney for guardian ad litem.

STEIN, J.S.C.

This complaint is brought for construction of the last will and testament of Marie DePui Norton and for judgment as to whether the release executed by Louis Lawrence, life tenant, of his life estate, had the effect of accelerating the trust and immediate distribution of the corpus of the trust to the remaindermen.

Marie DePui Norton died testate, a resident of the Township of Cranford, Union County, New Jersey, in 1922. Her last will and testament...

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