King v. Ross
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Eugenia A. Webster Ross, from a final judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of December, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term; also from an order made at the New York Special Term and entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of December, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion to have the issues in…
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Appeal by the defendant, Eugenia A. Webster Ross, from a final judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of December, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term; also from an order made at the New York Special Term and entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of December, 1897, denying the defendant’s motion to have the issues in the action tried by a jury, and also from an order made at the New York Special Term and entered in said clerk’s-office on…
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
This was an action brought for the determination of a claim for real estate-, the -plaintiffs claiming as the heirs at law of William Henry King, deceased, and alleging that the defendant, Eugenia A. .Webster Boss, unjustly claims to own said lands in fee simple absolute. The complaint asked for a judgment that the defendant, might be enjoined from setting up any claim to be the heir at law of William Henry King, and that she and all persons -claiming-under her might, be barred from any claim to said lands, and that the plaintiffs might be adjudged to be the owners thereof in fee…
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