Tucker v. Bingaman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioners, Joseph Eugene Tucker and another, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 11th day of December, 1918, denying their application to be paid certain moneys deposited with the city chamberlain.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The city of New York, in 1875, instituted a proceeding to acquire title to land bounded by Eighty-fourth street on the south, Eighty-sixth street on the north, Avenue B on the west and the East river on the east, for the purpose of establishing public parks.
*503This property was vested in Robert Swift Livingston, who died February 25, 1867, leaving a last will and testament, whereby he devised the property to his son Clarence Hubert Livingston for life and at his death to his issue if he should die leaving issue, and if he should die without issue same should go to the testator’s…
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