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Carpenter v. . Carpenter

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 9, 1892PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 8, 1890, which affirmed so much of a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term, as was in favor of plaintiff, and reversed and granted a new trial as to so much thereof as was in favor of defendants.

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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made December 8, 1890, which affirmed so much of a judgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term, as was in favor of plaintiff, and reversed and granted a new trial as to so much thereof as was in favor of defendants. This action was brought by plaintiffs, who are the children of two of the deceased sons of James S. Carpenter, deceased, and the widow of one of said sons, against the widow and the six surviving children of said James S. Carpenter, to…

1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.

James S. Carpenter died April 19, 1880, leaving surviving him a widow and seven children, and also the. children of a son, Smith S. Carpenter, who had died before him, all of whom were minors. Jesse L. Carpenter, another son of James S. Carpenter, died a few days after his father, leaving a widow and six children, two of full age and the others minors. James S. Carpenter left real estate of the value of $65,000, and over, and personal property of the value of about $74,000. His real estate consisted of three parcels, viz.: the “ Homestead ” farm of about forty-one acres, of the value of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Knolls v. . BarnhartNew York Court of Appeals · 1877

3Cited by28 opinions

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  2. Minion v. . WarnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
  3. Stevens v. ReynoldsIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Thayer v. . LeggettNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  5. Snyder v. Puente De Brooklyn Realty Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002

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