Henriques v. Yale University
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Leila O. Henifiques and another, from a final judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the- defendant Yale University, sued as The President and Fellows of Yale College, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of.
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, Leila O. Henifiques and another, from a final judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the- defendant Yale University, sued as The President and Fellows of Yale College, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of. New York on the 8th day of February, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, sustaining the said defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiffs’ reply and dismissing the complaint upon the merits as to said defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
The action was brought for the partition of real estate, of an undivided interest in which the plaintiffs claim to be seized as the heirs at law of Miriam A. Osborn, who it is alleged was their sister. The complaint sets out that Mrs. Oshorn after making her alleged last will and testament, died seized in fee of certain premises which *356are more particularly described in the complaint. It then states that Mrs. Osborn died intestate, notwithstanding an apparent devise. The alleged will is then set out at length, and it is stated that the will is void as procured by undue influence and…
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