IN RE ESTATE OF ROMNES


79 N.J. 139 (1979)

398 A.2d 543

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HAAKON I. ROMNES, DECEASED.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Reargued September 25, 1978.

Decided February 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert D. Borteck and Mr. Ronald M. Pflug argued the cause for appellants Karen R. Olenzak, et al. (Messrs. Pitney, Hardin and Kipp, attorneys; Mr. Donald B. Kipp, of counsel; Mr. Kipp and Mr. Borteck, on the brief).

Mr. Herbert K. Glickman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent Mr. Sidney Glaser, Director, Division of Taxation (Mr. John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mr. Stephen Skillman, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).


The opinion of the court was delivered by MOUNTAIN, J.

The executors of the estate of Haakon I. Romnes filed a transfer inheritance tax return with the New Jersey Transfer Inheritance Tax Bureau, listing among the decedent's assets a survivor's annuity that derived from an employee benefit plan of the decedent's employer, American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The annuity provided for annual fixed income payments to decedent...

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