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STATE v. OTIS ELEVATOR CO.

12 N.J. 1 (1953)

95 A.2d 715

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BY THEODORE D. PARSONS, ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, ABRAHAM GRENTHAL, SUBSTITUTED RECEIVER OF J.B. SKEHAN & CO., DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, AIDA M. RHODES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE WILL OF FRANK C. RHODES, DEFENDANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued September 30, 1952.

Decided March 16, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Waldron M. Ward argued the cause for the appellant Otis Elevator Company (Messrs. Pitney, Hardin & Ward, attorneys; Mr. Robert P. Hazlehurst, Jr. and Mr. Arthur J. Martin, Jr., on the brief).

Mr. Aaron Van Poznak, specially appointed by the Attorney-General, argued the cause for the respondent State of New Jersey.

Mr. Sol Phillips Perlman argued the cause for Abraham Grenthal, substituted receiver of J.B. Skehan & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by VANDERBILT, C.J.

The State of New Jersey instituted this action in the Chancery Division of the Superior Court pursuant to the provisions of the Escheat Act (L. 1946, c. 155, as amended and supplemented; N.J.S.A. 2:53-15 to 32; now N.J.S. 2A:37-11 to 28), alleging that the Otis Elevator Company had in its custody or possession certain personal property, described in general terms only, that...

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