Voorhees v. Bailey
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Heard on pleadings and proofs in open court. The complainant is one of nine children who are the heirs-at-law of Hendrick Voorhees, late of the county of Monmouth, who died on the 29th of October, 1896, intestate. The defendant George Bailey is one of the administrators of said deceased, •and the other eight defendants are the brothers and sisters of the •complainant and co-heirs-at-law of said deceased, and one of them, Nelson T. Voorhees, is co-administrator with Bailey.
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Heard on pleadings and proofs in open court. The complainant is one of nine children who are the heirs-at-law of Hendrick Voorhees, late of the county of Monmouth, who died on the 29th of October, 1896, intestate. The defendant George Bailey is one of the administrators of said deceased, •and the other eight defendants are the brothers and sisters of the •complainant and co-heirs-at-law of said deceased, and one of them, Nelson T. Voorhees, is co-administrator with Bailey. The object of the bill is to set aside a sale of real estate by the •defendants Bailey and Nelson T. Voorhees, as…
1Opinion of the Court
Pitney, V. C.
The decedent died possessed of two tracts of land situate in Monmouth county. The tract here in question was called the homestead, and consisted of about one acre of land, with a house and barn and some outbuildings; and the'other tract was about thirty acres, mainly woodland, situate detached from the house lot. This property was all heavily mortgaged at the time of his decease, and he was indebted besides that to various individuals, mainly to his own children, and, as I infer from the evidence, most of that indebtedness was for services which they had rendered him, with one…
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