Wilkes v. Rogers
New York Supreme Court
JOHN ROGERS, the father of the respondents, and former husband of Mary Wilkes, died intestate, in the ^ year 1799, leaving a large real and personal estate.
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JOHN ROGERS, the father of the respondents, and former husband of Mary Wilkes, died intestate, in the ^ year 1799, leaving a large real and personal estate. On the death of her husband, the widow took possession of the property and managed it for the benefit of the per-gong interested, under the advice of counsel, and the fr]en£j 0f her deceased husband Letters of administration were afterwards duly granted to her, and in No- . vember, 1806, she married the appellant, John Wilkes, who declined any interference with the property; but in January, 1807, joined in an application to the court of…
1Opinion of the CourtYates, J.
This cause comes before the court, on an appeal from the decretal order of the court of chancery, of the 16th of December, 1809, disallowing the report of the master, and directing a new reference, and that the master should totally omit and reject all allov/ance for «he maintenance and education of the respoadeatn»
*586Two questions are presented here; 1. Whether as allowance for the maintenance and education of the respondents can be made for the time past ? and if so, 2. Whether a new reference was necessary,
It is, undoubtedly, the duty of parents to provide for their offspring, without…
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