Legal Opinion
In Re Trust Created by Agreement Dated December 20, 1961
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 15, 2001PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
VERNIERO, J.
This appeal involves a dispute among the offspring of J. Seward Johnson (Seward Sr.), son of the founder of the Johnson & Johnson corporation. It is one of many such disputes involving trusts or trust property that have arisen within the Johnson family over the past three decades. See Hill v. Estate of Richards, 142 N.J. 639, 667 A.2d 695 (1995); Wiedenmayer v. Johnson, 106 N.J.Super. 161, 254 A.2d 534 (App.Div.), aff'd sub nom. Wiedenmayer v. Villanueva, 55 N.J. 81, 259 A.2d 465 (1969).
Seward Sr.’s son, John Seward Johnson, Jr. (Seward…
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