SIBSON v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TR. CO.


61 N.J. Super. 88 (1960)

160 A.2d 76

GRACE M. SIBSON, PLAINTIFF, v. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF PAULSBORO, TRUSTEE UNDER THE WILL OF WILLIAM A. SIBSON, DECEASED, WALTER W. SIBSON, AND HIS ISSUE NOT IN BEING, JOSEPHINE S. SCHIMPFT, AND HER ISSUE NOT IN BEING, KIRK SIBSON, KRAIL SIBSON AND JOAN ROOT, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided April 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E. Milton Hannold (Messrs. Hannold & Hannold), for plaintiff.

Mr. Robert E. Gladden (Messrs. Ross and Gladden and William C. Flowers), for defendant trustee.

Mr. John P. Hauch, Jr. (Messrs. Archer, Greiner, Hunter & Read), for defendant remaindermen.


WICK, J.S.C.

The plaintiff has brought this action for the construction of a trust provision in the will of her deceased husband, William A. Sibson. The defendants are the trustee and remaindermen in being and not in being. The disputed provision reads as follows:

"FIFTH: In the event that my wife, Grace M. Sibson, survives me for thirty days, I give, devise and bequeath, absolutely and in fee, all of the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of whatsoever...

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