Brown v. Coddington
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Frank Brown against Charles E. Coddington and others. From a judgment entered on dismissal of complaint, plaintiff and defendant Emily K. Brown appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
By this action it was sought to partition certain property of which Kathleen E. Brown was, at the time of her death, seised and in possession of. She died intestate, September 5, 1886, leaving the plaintiff, Frank Brown, and the defendants Lily A. G. Coddington and Emily K. Bond, her children, as her only heirs at law and next of kin. The trial court held that the plaintiff had neither actual nor constructive possession, and dismissed the complaint. A few days after the death of intestate, Lily A. G. Codding-ton and her husband, Charles E. Coddington, were duly appointed' administrators of…
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