Haggerty v. McCanna
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On liual hearing on pleadings and proofs.
1Opinion of the Court
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In ¡864, the complainant married Jane McCanna, then the widow of John McCanna, deceased. She had one child, the defendant, the issue of her marriage with McCanna. The defendant was about eleven years old when her mother was married to the complainant. Her father died seized of two vacant lots in Trenton, then of comparatively small value. After his death, his widow built, at the cost of about $500, a small house on one of the lots and resided in it. After her marriage to the complainant, the latter built another house on the front of the same lot, and a house on the other…
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