BANKERS TRUST CO. OF N.Y. v. CRANE


70 N.J. Super. 447 (1961)

175 A.2d 693

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, LILLIAN F. STEWART AND HARRY L. BULL, EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES UNDER THE WILL OF CHARLES FAUPEL, LATE OF THE COUNTY OF HUDSON, PLAINTIFFS, v. BERTRAM F. CRANE, CHARLES F. CRANE, WILLIAM F. CRANE, CHARLES M. MAY, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HARRIET B. CRANE, DECEASED, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided October 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William E. Decker, attorney for plaintiff.

Mr. Henry Ewald, Jr., attorney for defendant Bertram F. Crane.

Mr. Louis E. Saunders, attorney for defendants Charles M. May, administrator of the estate of Harriet B. Crane, deceased, Charles F. Crane and William F. Crane.


COLLESTER, J.S.C.

The plaintiffs, Bankers Trust Company of New York, Lillian F. Stewart and Harry L. Bull, executors and trustees under the will of Charles Faupel, deceased, bring this action seeking instructions from the court as to the performance of their duties with respect to the provisions of said will based upon a question arising from a property settlement made in a divorce case by Bertram Crane, one of the beneficiaries under said will. The pertinent facts...

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