Hamlin v. Stevens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lyman A. Stevens, from a judgment of the. Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff and the defendants Julia E.' Stevens and others, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Onondaga on the 17th day of July, 1900, upon- the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Onondaga Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action was brought by the ■ administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Lyman Stevens, deceased, against the heirs *523and next of kin of the testator for the construction of his will. The appellant, Lyman A. Stevens, a nephew of decedent and a residuary legatee under the will, interposed an answer demanding a specific performance of a parol contract between his parents and decedent by which, as a condition of his leaving home at the age of ten years and residing thereafter with his uncle as if an adopted son, he was to share equally with the latter’s two daughters in…
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- Todd v. . WeberNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Pinney v. . OrthNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Healy v. HealyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Boyd v. . BoydNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Greer v. GreerNew York Supreme Court · 1890
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- In re the Probate of the Last Will & Testament of EnoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921