STATE v. SPERRY & HUTCHINSON CO.


56 N.J. Super. 589 (1959)

153 A.2d 691

THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BY GROVER C. RICHMAN, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. THE SPERRY & HUTCHINSON COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Elmer J. Bennett argued the cause for plaintiff-appellant (Messrs. Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, attorneys; Mr. Milton A. Dauber, of counsel).

Mr. Donald B. Kipp argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Messrs. Pitney, Hardin & Ward, attorneys; Messrs. Kipp and Robert P. Hazlehurst, Jr., and Mr. Samuel M. Lane of the New York Bar, on the brief).

Before Judges GOLDMANN, FREUND and HANEMAN.


The opinion of the court was delivered by FREUND, J.A.D.

This is an appeal by the State of New Jersey from the dismissal by the Chancery Division of two complaints brought under the escheat laws. Both actions are against the same defendant and involve virtually the same questions of fact and of law. Consequently, they were consolidated for trial below and the appeals are also consolidated here.

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