In Re Archdeacon

The appellant, the Montclair Trust Company, and Maynard Archdeacon are executors of the will of Emma G. Archdeacon, deceased. By the will, one-third of the residue was given to Mrs. Gertrude A. Zimmer, a national of Germany, resident in Hamburg. Mrs. Zimmer, by an instrument dated October 28th, 1940, appointed Hanns P. Kniepkamp of New York, her attorney-in-fact with very broad powers. Mr. Kniepkamp, acting within the scope of his powers, on October 7th, 1941, appointed Messrs. Peer Mahr, of the New Jersey bar, to act in the name of Mrs. Zimmer in all legal matters in connection with the…