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TRUSTEES, CLIENTS' SEC. FUND OF BAR v. BECKMANN

143 N.J. Super. 548 (1976)

364 A.2d 15

TRUSTEES OF THE CLIENTS' SECURITY FUND OF THE BAR OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF, v. GEORGE AVERY BECKMANN, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division.

Decided June 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lawrence Weintraub, custodial receiver of the estate of George Avery Beckmann, pro se.

Mr. Maureen McGrath, Deputy Attorney General, for plaintiff (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).

Mr. Joseph P. McManemin for Edith Beckmann.

Mr. Mitchell S. Camp (Messrs. Gladstone, Hart, Mandis, Rathe & Shedd, attorneys), for Josephine Washburn.

GELMAN, J.S.C.

The issues presented here concern questions of priority in the payment of claims of creditors from a fund in court. The facts are not in dispute.

George Avery Beckmann is an attorney at law of the State of New Jersey who is presently under indictment for the embezzlement of funds from a client. The indictment was handed up on April 17, 1975 and avers that on or about December 23, 1974. Beckmann embezzled $6900 from certain clients. On May 22...

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