Haight v. Pine
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal *by the plaintiff, John B. Haight, as executor, etc., of Underhill L. Purdy, deceased, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the-23d day of April, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term, as directs said John B. Haight, as executor, etc., of Underhill L. Purdy, deceased, to apply the proceeds arising from the sale of certain real estate…
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Appeal *by the plaintiff, John B. Haight, as executor, etc., of Underhill L. Purdy, deceased, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the-23d day of April, 1896, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term, as directs said John B. Haight, as executor, etc., of Underhill L. Purdy, deceased, to apply the proceeds arising from the sale of certain real estate mentioned in the judgment herein, or any portion thereof, in or upon the payment to Sullivan M. Pine, as administrator,…
1Opinion of the Court
Bradley, J.:
This action was commenced in July, 1895, for the purpose, as expressed in the prayer for relief, of obtaining judicial construction of the will of Sarah Purdy, deceased, so far as it related to the land in question, to require the defendants to account for the rents and profits of the premises and to obtain a direction for the sale thereof. The title to the land up to the time of her death was in Sarah Purdy, who died in 1876, leaving her last will and testament, which was admitted to probate and record in June of that year, and letters testamentary were issued to her surviving…
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