THE RECTOR, ETC. OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH v. EYRE


85 N.J. Super. 422 (1964)

204 A.2d 905

THE RECTOR, WARDENS AND VESTRYMEN OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH IN SALEM, A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF, v. DAVID OGDEN EYRE AND VERA SHESTY EYRE, HIS WIFE; RUTH H. JOHNSON; THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SALEM, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SALEM, NEW JERSEY, A RELIGIOUS CORPORATION; THE HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND THEIR OR ANY OF THEIR HEIRS, DEVISEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, GRANTEES, ASSIGNS OR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST OF M. CAROLINE KEASBEY, DECEASED; OF ELIZABETH B. KEASBEY, DECEASED; OF MATTHEW KEASBEY, DECEASED, AND OF ANN FISHER KEASBEY, DECEASED, AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING BY OR THROUGH THEM OR ANY OF THEM; DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided October 16, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert W. Richman, attorney for plaintiff.


WICK, J.S.C.

This is an action to quiet title to certain real estate and to construe a will by which the real estate in question passed to plaintiff's devisor.

Plaintiff The Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. John's Church in Salem was the devisee of a tract of land in the City and County of Salem under the fifteenth clause of the will of Howard B. Keasbey, deceased. It is alleged that Keasbey became the owner...

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