Tarplee v. Sonn
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal, by the defendant, Isaac H, Sonn, from a judgment of the „ Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Wyoming on the 17th day of March, 1905, upon the report of a referee '
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
John Terry died intestate prior to May 28, 1863, seized in fee of the premises described in" the complaint' and- leaving him surviving .his widow and one son, John H. Terry, On May 28, 1863, the son conveyed tó his mother an undivided two-thirds of said premises during her natural life, and, in the event she survived him, her title waste become absolute. John H. Terry,, therefore, owned in fee an undivided one-third of the premises subject to an unassigned dower interest of. his mother in the entire farm, and in case he survived his mother his ownership would extend to fhe entire…
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