CITY OF ENGLEWOOD v. ALLISON LAND CO.


25 N.J. Super. 466 (1953)

96 A.2d 702

CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AND M. LESLIE DENNING, PLAINTIFFS, v. ALLISON LAND COMPANY, CHARLES BARTON, PAUL HUDSON AND WALTER D. VAN RIPER, AS TRUSTEES UNDER THE LAST WILL OF WILLIAM O. ALLISON, DECEASED, MAX BERNFELD AND THEODORE D. PARSONS, AS ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided April 21, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. LeRoy B. Huckin, attorney for plaintiffs.

Messrs. Van Riper & Belmont, attorneys for trustees and Allison Land Company.

Messrs. Walscheid & Rosenkranz, attorneys for defendant Allan Kriegel.

Mr. Theodore D. Parsons, Attorney-General of New Jersey.


GRIMSHAW, J.S.C.

William C. Allison died on December 18, 1924, a resident of Englewood Cliffs, in the County of Bergen. He left a last will and testament which was probated in the former Prerogative Court. The first and eleventh paragraphs of the will are as follows:

"I. It is my desire and intention to dispose by gift of a large part of my remaining estate for the purpose of pleasing Almighty God, benefiting...

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