Collar v. Collar

George Collar died in Steuben county, New Tork, in 1868, intestate, seized of 55 acres of land in said county, and leaving the following children, heirs surviving, being all his heirs at law, viz.: Silas, Sylvester, John, Martin, Henry, and Cameron Collar, Mary Thorne (wife of Jacob Thorne), and Stephen and Hamblin D. Collar, the parties to this suit.

The claim of the plaintiff is that in December, 1874, plaintiff and others of the heirs conveyed their interests in this 55 acres of land to Jacob Thorne, the husband of their sister Mary, for the purpose of enabling him to make a sale of the…