Legal Opinion
Standard Oil Co. v. New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 28, 1951No. 384PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
The Standard Oil Company, a New Jersey corporation, appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court of New Jersey insofar as it declares escheated to the State of New Jersey unpaid dividends declared upon the stock of Standard Oil, and twelve shares of the common stock of the Company.
*430The New Jersey Escheat Act reads in part:
“If any person, who, at the time of his death, has been or shall have been, the owner of any personal property within this State, and shall have died, or shall die, intestate, without heirs or known kindred, capable of inheriting the same, and without leaving a surviving…
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