Wood v. McChesney
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment rendered upon the decision of Justice Mulliu, at the Onondaga circuit, in July, 1862. The action was brought for the recovery of an undivided sixteenth part of a certain lot in the first ward of the city of Syracuse.
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APPEAL from a judgment rendered upon the decision of Justice Mulliu, at the Onondaga circuit, in July, 1862. The action was brought for the recovery of an undivided sixteenth part of a certain lot in the first ward of the city of Syracuse. The entire premises were owned by Thaddeus M. Wood, deceased, at the time of his decease, who died intestate, leaving Theodore Wood, (the father of the plaintiff,) one of his heirs and inheriting the undivided one-eighth part of all his real estate. Theodore Wood, the father of the plaintiff, died in 1838, seised of the one-eighth part of said premises,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Morgan, J.
This was an action of ejectment brought by the plaintiff, who was the grandson of Thaddeus M. Wood, deceased, to recover an undivided sixteenth part of a certain lot of land in the first ward of the city of Syracuse. T. M. Wood died in 1836, seised of the premises, leaving a widow and eight children his only heirs at law, one of whom was Theodore Wood, the father of the plaintiff, who died in 1838, leaving a will and dividing all *421his real estate in equal portions to his two sons, the plaintiff and one Frederick L. Wood. The defendant attempted to show title out of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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