Oakes v. Massey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, George B. Massey, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Jefferson on the 7th day of January, 1904, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Jefferson Trial Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, J.:
Plaintiff brought this action .to recover the possession of certain stocks from the defendant. He claimed that they were part of, and belonged to,'the estate of John A. Sherman, which he represented. The defendant, upon the other hand, claimed that they belonged to the estate of one Julia A. Slierman-Hunt, who was the Widow of said Sherman, and who left a will appointing defendant her executor.
The controversy thus framed involves the construction of certain clauses in Mr. Sherman’s will, and the specific question is whether a life interest which he left to his widow in certain…
2Cited by1 opinion
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