Powell v. Murray
New York Court of Chancery
This was an appeal by the complainants from a decree of the vice chancellor of the first circuit. The material facts are stated, in substance, in the report of the case before the vice chancellor, in 2 Edw. Ch. R. 636.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The principal object of the bill appears to have been to set aside an agreement made in 1792, between Anne Powell, the complainant, and Murray & Clark who were the residuary devisees of the ¿real estate, in Boston, upon which the legacy of ¿£2000 sterling to Mrs. Powell and her issue was charged. What were the real circumstances of that transaction it is impossible to ascertain with any degree of certainty. But as the complainants thought proper to wait thirty-eight years after the agreement was entered into, and until Murray & Clark were both dead, before the bill in this…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Speidell v. HenriciDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1883
- Lockwood v. CullinThe Superior Court of New York City · 1866