Hone v. . De Peyster
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made May 13, 1887, which modified, and affirmed as modified, an order of Special Term. (Reported below, 44 Hun, 487.) The substance of the two orders, and the facts pertinent thereto, are set forth in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bug-er, Ch. J.
Maria A. Hone, the plaintiff’s testatrix, intermarried with Frederic De Peyster, the defendant’s testator, in 1839. In 1869 she died leaving her husband surviving, and having by a last will and testament bequeathed to him all of her property, both real and personal, for life, and after his death a legacy of $10,000 to the plaintiff, her son, and the remainder of her property to be equally divided between John Hone and his sister, Emily Foster. By the will Frederic De Peyster was made sole executor and John Hone was named as successor in case of his death. Frederic De Peyster…
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