MILLER v. WOODBURY TRUST COMPANY


2 N.J. Super. 497 (1949)

64 A.2d 634

ELEANOR S. MILLER, PLAINTIFF, v. WOODBURY TRUST COMPANY, SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEE UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROBERT K. MATLOCK, DECEASED, ET ALS., DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided March 15, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin G. Sooval (Mr. Benjamin Ludlow, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Messrs. Starr, Summerill & Davis (by Mr. Joseph J. Summerill, Jr.), for defendants, Woodbury Trust Company, subsituated Trustee, etc., and A. Browning Canfield.

Messrs. Bruck & Bigel for defendants, James Hamill Shields and Houston Platter Shields.


HANEMAN, J.S.C.

Robert K. Matlock died April 27, 1877, leaving a last will and testament. He was survived by his widow and six children. The widow and all of the six children are now deceased. Five of the children died unmarried. The sixth child died married and without issue.

Robert K. Matlock, in his last will and testament, gave, bequeathed and devised all of his estate, real and personal, to two designated individuals as trustees, and provided that all...

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