Nevius v. . Dunlap

This action is brought principally to reform a bond set out in the complaint, and made under the following circumstances: In May, 1838, Andrew Dunlap, of Ovid, in the county of Seneca, was the owner of 517 acres of land, situate in that town, which he desired to divide and distribute amongst his children, providing at the same time for the support and maintenance of himself and his wife, Mary, during life. He had four sons: Josiah, David, the defendant's testator, Andrew, Jr., and William; and one daughter, Jane Nevius, the plaintiffs' testatrix. He caused the land to be surveyed, and a…