ZEIGENFUS v. SNELBAKER


38 N.J. Super. 304 (1955)

118 A.2d 876

HELEN S. ZEIGENFUS AND ELMER F. ZEIGENFUS, HER HUSBAND, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILSON A. SNELBAKER AND RUTH L. SNELBAKER, HIS WIFE; RUTH FOX AND HERBERT FOX, HER HUSBAND; THE WOODBURY TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE U/W WILLIAM B. SNELBAKER, DECEASED; THE WOODSTOWN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY AND S. RUSLING LEAP, TRUSTEES U/W ASHBROOK D. SNELBAKER, DECEASED; ELLA S. LOVELAND AND ARTHUR S. LOVELAND, HER HUSBAND; AND SARAH T. SNELBAKER, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided November 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Oakford W. Acton, Jr., for plaintiffs.

Mr. Howard G. Kulp, Jr., for defendants Wilson A. and Ruth L. Snelbaker (Messrs. Brown, Connery, Kulp & Wille, attorneys).

Mr. Fred A. Gravino, for defendants Ruth and Herbert Fox.

Mr. George B. Marshall, for defendant Woodbury Trust Company.

Mr. S. Rusling Leap, for defendants The Woodstown National Bank and Trust Company and S. Rusling Leap, trustees.

Mr. John F. Bacon, for defendants Ella S. and Arthur S. Loveland.


HANEMAN, J.S.C.

The sole question herein is the distribution of the proceeds of a sale resulting under a suit for partition. The facts in connection herewith are as follows:

Anna M. Carney died on October 21, 1924 leaving a last will and testament which was duly probated by the Surrogate of Salem County. At the time of her death she was seized of a parcel of land referred to in her will as a "house and lot on Dickinson Street, Woodstown," and more particularly...

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