IN RE ARMOUR'S WILL


61 N.J. Super. 50 (1960)

160 A.2d 160

IN THE MATTER OF THE TRUST ESTABLISHED UNDER ARTICLE SEVENTH OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BERNARD R. ARMOUR, DECEASED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF TOBY ARMOUR SCHNEIDER (FORMERLY TOBY ARMOUR) AND OTHERS. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, GEORGE L. ARMOUR AND GEORGE F. LEWIS, JR., AS TRUSTEES, ETC., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS. TOBY ARMOUR SCHNEIDER, EXCEPTANT, RUTH ARMOUR KAMEN, AND HARRY L. TOWE, GUARDIAN AD LITEM, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Elmer J. Bennett argued the cause for plaintiffs-appellants (Messrs. Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, attorneys; Mr. Stanley Weiss on the brief).

Mr. Dickinson R. Debevoise argued the cause for defendant-respondent Toby Armour Schneider, exceptant (Messrs. Riker, Danzig, Marsh & Scherer, attorneys; Mr. Richard L. Amster, of counsel).

Before Judges PRICE, GAULKIN and SULLIVAN.


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

Plaintiffs, trustees of the trust established under Article Seventh (c) of the will of Bernard R. Armour, deceased, appeal from the refusal of the trial court to allow them statutory commissions on $377,000 of trust income received by them.

Bernard R. Armour died on December 1, 1949, leaving a will which was admitted to probate in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, on December 19...

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