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STANDARD OIL CO. v. NEW JERSEY.

No. 384.

341 U.S. 428 (1951)

STANDARD OIL CO. v. NEW JERSEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 28, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josiah Stryker argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Emerson Richards, Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Theodore D. Parsons, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Standard Oil Company, a New Jersey corporation, appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court of New Jersey insofar as it declares escheated to the State of New Jersey unpaid dividends declared upon the stock of Standard Oil, and twelve shares of the common stock of the Company.

The New Jersey Escheat Act reads in part:

"If any person, who, at the time...

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