Young v. Young
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On bill and demurrer thereto. The bill was filed on April 28th, 1886, and is exhibited by Huldah B. Young, who is the widow, and Dorothea, wife of Benjamin McCord, who is the heir-at-law of Jacob Young, deceased, against 'William and Peter Young, who are the brothers of Jacob Young.
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On bill and demurrer thereto. The bill was filed on April 28th, 1886, and is exhibited by Huldah B. Young, who is the widow, and Dorothea, wife of Benjamin McCord, who is the heir-at-law of Jacob Young, deceased, against 'William and Peter Young, who are the brothers of Jacob Young. It represents that the complainant, Huldah, was married to Jacob Young on the 30th day of January, 1849, and that at that time Henry Young, the father of Jacob, was the owner of several tracts and farms of land in Harmony township, in Warren county, and among them, one of one hundred and ten acres, which is…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
To present in more logical sequence the causes of demurrer, I will consider them somewhat out of the order in which they are stated in the pleading. The ninth and twelfth causes, which question whether there was a contract to transfer the title of the *33farm to Jacob, and whether, to insure its enforcement, it should have been in writing, lie at the foundation of the entire case, and should be first disposed of. The bill states that Henry Young proposed to his son Jacob, that if he. would move upon the farm, keep it in repair and improve and cultivate it at his own expense, he…
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