Leonard v. Crommelin
New York Court of Chancery
■ The bill in this cause was filed t© restrain perpetually the defendant, Alfred Crommelin, from proceeding in an action of ejectment for one undivided seventh part, and the one-third of another seventh part of a lot on the notherly side of. Oak street in the city of New York; and to compel him to release the ■same to the complainants.
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■ The bill in this cause was filed t© restrain perpetually the defendant, Alfred Crommelin, from proceeding in an action of ejectment for one undivided seventh part, and the one-third of another seventh part of a lot on the notherly side of. Oak street in the city of New York; and to compel him to release the ■same to the complainants. It appeared, that on the sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and six, James Crommelin, the father of the defendant, being entitled to a life estate in the lot in question, of which the remainder in fee was in his seven sons, several of whom were…
1Opinion of the Court
The Vice-Chancellor.
The ground upon which the complainants seek to be quieted in their right of property and possession is, that the defendant and his deceased brother Charles, as well as all the other sons of James Crommelin who executed the deed to Halstead, accepted of their shares of the father’s estate under his will and thereby made their election. And this election, it is insisted, was binding upon Charles in his lifetime after he came of age, as well as upon Alfred, so that consequently, the latter ought now to release and convey all his title in the premises.
The evidence shows, in…
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