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MATTER OF TRUST CREATED BY AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 20, 1961

944 A.2d 588 (2008)

194 N.J. 276

In the Matter of the TRUST CREATED BY AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 20, 1961, by and between John Seward JOHNSON, Grantor, and Philip B. Hoffman, Gustav O. Lienhard and Kenneth Perry, Trustees (known as the John Seward Johnson 1961 Charitable Trust).

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 3, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Mahon, Princeton, argued the cause for appellants Eric B. Ryan and Hillary A. Ryan (Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Wagenheim, attorneys; Mr. Mahon and Gerard W. Quinn, Atlantic City, on the briefs).

Eugene M. Purcell argued the cause for appellant Joseph R. Purcell, Guardian Ad Litem for the minor Great Grandchildren of John Seward Johnson (Purcell, Ries, Shannon, Mulcahy & O'Neill, attorneys; Michael F. O'Neill and Joseph R. Purcell, Bedminster, on the briefs).

Richard F. Collier, Jr., Princeton, argued the cause for appellant Roderick Newbold Ryan (Collier & Basil, attorneys).

Alan S. Naar argued the cause for respondent Martin Richards (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, attorneys; Mr. Naar and Olivier Salvagno, Woodbridge, on the brief).

PER CURIAM.

This case involves the interpretation of the word "spouses" as used in a 1961 charitable trust settled by J. Seward Johnson of the Johnson & Johnson Company family. Martin Richards, the widower of Johnson's daughter Mary Lea Johnson, argues that he satisfies the definition and thus qualifies as a potential beneficiary of the trust. The trial judge ruled in favor of Richards, and, over a dissent, the Appellate Division affirmed that judgment.

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