Pickert v. Windecker
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Ellen Pickert, substituted as plaintiff in the place of Solon S. Pickert, deceased, whose administratrix she was, against Frederick Windecker and others, for partition.
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Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Ellen Pickert, substituted as plaintiff in the place of Solon S. Pickert, deceased, whose administratrix she was, against Frederick Windecker and others, for partition. Solon S. Pickert died after the appeal was taken, and an order on January 14, 1893, which was amended by an order on January, 27, 1893, was made, continuing action and appeal herein in the name of Ellen Pickert, as administratrix of the goods, chattels, and credits of Solon S. Pickert, deceased, as plaintiff, against the parties defendant, and against Ellen Pickert…
1Opinion of the CourtHardin, P. J.
In 1891 this action was commenced, to partition certain lands described in the complaint, situated in the town of Fairfield, consisting of some 68 acres of land, and in the com*438plaint it was claimed that Solon S. Pickert, then a lunatic, was the owner of one undivided sixth of the lands sought to be partitioned. On the 12th of January, 1837, John Pickert was seised and possessed of the lands described in the complaint, and on that day died, leaving a last will and testament, which was probated. He left several children, who were provided for by his will. Emilius Pickert, one of his sons, was…
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- Terry v. . WigginsNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Beardsley v. . HotchkissNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Taggart v. . MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Mead v. . MitchellNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
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