Ash v. Coleman
New York Supreme Court
CASE submitted for the opinion of the court, upon the construction of a will. The facts upon which the question arose are stated in the opinion of Justice Strong.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, S. B. Strong, P. J.
This case has been submitted without action, pursuant to the 372d section of the code. It involves the construction of the will of Elizabeth Ash, which was made on the 22d day- of November, 1822. The first and principal clause of the will is in the following words: “ First. I give and devise unto the two children of my nephew Thomas Ash, to wit, Mary E. Ash and Thomas F. Ash, their heirs and assigns, all that messuage tenement and lot of ground with the appurtenances, situate, lying and being in the second ward of the city of New York, known by No. 125 Fly…
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