STICKEL v. DOUGLASS


7 N.J. 274 (1951)

81 A.2d 362

FRED G. STICKEL, JR., AND HOMER C. ZINK, AS SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF RUTH HEALD DOUGLASS, DECEASED, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. ROBERT BRUCE DOUGLASS, AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS, BRUCE HEALD DOUGLASS, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, JOHN A. WYCKOFF, GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR CAROL PEPPER DOUGLASS AND ROBERT BRUCE DOUGLASS, II, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 11, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harold M. Kain argued the cause for the appellant (Mr. R. Wayne Stickel, attorney).

Mr. John A. Wyckoff argued the cause for the defendant-respondent.


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

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Chancery Division in an action seeking construction of a will. The question presented is to whom the trust fund set up by the second paragraph of the will should be paid. The paragraph provides as follows:

"Second: If my husband Robert Bruce Douglass survive me, I give, devise and bequeath the sum of Sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) unto my executors hereinafter...

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