Dorn v. Scheuer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Proctor, J.

In 1954 Charles Halstead, a New Jersey attorney, absconded with $32,164.70 in assets of the estate of John Mild, and has never been found. The Bergen County Court surcharged Mrs. Catherine Dorn, substituted administratrix of the estate, for the sum taken by Halstead. On appeal this court reversed the judgment and remanded the case for determination of certain unresolved issues. 25 N. J. 467 (1957). The principal issue was whether prior co-administrators of the estate, who were not parties to the original proceedings, might have been solely…