Dunlap v. Gill

The plaintiff, as grandniece and heir-at-law of Mary Ann Ely, known in religion as Mother Jerome, of the Order of Sis- . ters of Charity, commences this action for" partition, claiming that Mother Jerome died seized and posséssed of certain lots in Fordham, Hew York, and that the title thereto descended to the plaintiff and other heirs named as defendants. Their claim is resisted by the Sisters of Charity, of which order Mother Jerome was superior at the time of her death in 1885, having been a member of the order since 1827, and a trustee of it from the time of its incorporation in 1849 to…