William v. Weller
New York Supreme Court
ACTION for a partition. The rights and interests .of the several parties depended upon the construction of the will of H. Weller, deceased.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This is an action for the partition of certain lands in the county of Orange, and the two questions which I am to determine arise upon the construction of the will of Sieronimous Weller, deceased, the ancestor of the parties. The will hears date December 23, 1808, and was proved May 29, 1810. The clause of the instrument upon which the questions arise is in the following words: “ I give and devise to my two sons, Moses and Abraham, the farm I live upon, to have and to hold to them, their heirs and assigns for ever, they supporting their mother thereon as above directed, and paying my just…
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