Legal Opinion

Shackleton v. Annabel

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 13, 1924Published

1Opinion of the Court

Cochrane, P. J.:

This action in ejectment was instituted by the wife of the present plaintiff. Before the trial she died intestate leaving beside her husband two children. Her husband as tenant by the curtesy has been substituted as plaintiff. From the order of substitution as well as from the judgment an appeal has been taken.

Mrs. Shackleton, the deceased wife of the present plaintiff, became the owner of the property by a deed of conveyance to her in the year 1917 subject to a life estate in favor of Elijah H. Everett. The defendant Flora L. Annabel is the wife of the defendant Charles C.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson ex dem. Swartwout v. JohnsonNew York Supreme Court · 1825
  2. Ellsworth v. CookNew York Court of Chancery · 1841
  3. Ferguson v. . TweedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  4. Collins v. . RussellNew York Court of Appeals · 1906

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