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STATE v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY

2 N.J. Super. 442 (1949)

64 A.2d 386

THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BY WALTER D. VAN RIPER, ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided March 3, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Emerson L. Richards, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.

Messrs. Stryker, Tams & Horner, (Mr. Josiah Stryker and Mr. Valdemar Beeken, of counsel), for the defendant.

Mr. George K. Large, for United States Tobacco Co. and United Fruit Co.

Mr. John A. Hartpence, for United States Pipe & Foundry Co.

JAYNE, J.S.C.

In pursuance of the terms of a legislative enactment entitled "An Act providing for the escheat of certain unclaimed personal property" and its amendments (R.S. 2:53-15 to 2:53-32, N.J.S.A.), a petition was filed in the Court of Chancery, in the name of the State of New Jersey, charging that the defendant has custody or possession of certain personal property which, by reason of the occurrence of one or more of the contingencies...

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