Lamb v. . Lamb
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme-Court in the first judicial department, made June 12, 1891, which denied a motion for a new trial on exceptions to the report of a referee herein as to the rights of the various parties to share in certain real estate.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme-Court in the first judicial department, made June 12, 1891, which denied a motion for a new trial on exceptions to the report of a referee herein as to the rights of the various parties to share in certain real estate. This action was brought for a partition of certain lots in the city of ¡New York, of which Anthony Lamb died seized and possessed, and a life estate in which he devised to his daughter, Sarah Lamb, by the sixteenth clause of his will. The provisions of said will and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. ■ As words…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
Anthony Lamb, a resident of the city of New . Yoxlc, died in May, 1855, leaving a widow axxd five childi’en surviving him, and the issue of four daughters who had died before him. He left a lax-ge real and personal estate. By his will he devised specifically each pax’cel of his real estate, and bequeathed various legacies and annuities. By the second clause of his will he gave to his wife a life estate in certain lots in the city of New Yoxlc, and following the gift of the life estate are the words: “And the remainder in fee I give and devise to certain of my descendants, as hereinafter…
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