Lent v. Lent
New York Supreme Court
Motion by the defendants for a new trial on exceptions taken at the Wayne Circuit, and ordered to be heard at the General Term in the first instance.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
The plaintiff sues as an heir-at-law of James Lent, deceased, to recover an undivided tenth part of a certain farm in Macedón, Wayne county, of which the deceased died seized. The defendants, one of whom is the widow, and the other a son of the deceased, claim as devisees under the will of said deceased, and the principal question in the case is, whether the will operated to pass the title to real estate acquired by the testator after the will' was executed. The will is dated on the 26th of January, 1858. ■ The portions of it material to the question are as follows: “ First, after…
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