Van Buren v. Plainfield Trust Co.

Edward M. Van Buren, Sr., in his lifetime was an insurance broker in New York. Complainant, Edward M. Van Buren, Jr., was in that business with his father. The Plainfield Trust Company is the executor and trustee under the will of Edward M. Van Buren, Sr., deceased.

In the fifth paragraph of his will the father gave to his son "the general insurance business which is now being conducted by me in the City of New York." In the second paragraph he provided: "* * *

"(c) All other personal effects, acquired by me prior to my marriage to my wife, Ruth M. Van Buren, including books, pictures,…