STATE BY PARSONS v. STANDARD OIL CO.


5 N.J. 281 (1950)

74 A.2d 565

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BY THEODORE D. PARSONS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 27, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Josiah Stryker argued the cause for appellant. Messrs. Stryker, Tams & Horner, attorneys.

Mr. Emerson Richards, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for the State. Mr. Theodore D. Parsons, Attorney General, on the brief.


The opinion of the court was delivered by HEHER, J.

The primary question here is the constitutional sufficiency of ch. 155 of the Session Laws of 1946, as amended by ch. 357 of the Session Laws of 1947 (N.J.S.A. 2:53-15 et seq.), providing for the escheat in certain circumstances of "moneys, negotiable instruments, choses in action, interest, debts or demands due to the escheated estate, stocks, bonds, deposits, machinery, farm crops, live stock, fixtures...

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