Mee v. . Gordon
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 29, 1905, which reversed an interlocutory judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term and directed a dismissal of the complaint. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHiscock, J.
This is an action for partition and involves the construction of the last will and testament of one Harriet M. Kemp, who at death was seized of the premises of which partition is sought. The underlying specific question is whether a clause in said will which, standing by itself, devised an undivided portion of the premises to one John B. Mee, plaintiff’s father, absoluteljq was by an immediately succeeding clause so modified as to reduce said estate to an interest for life, with remainder to said Mee’s wife and children.
The learned Appellate Division held that the first clause was not so…
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