McCanless v. Smith
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Heard on bill, answer and proofs in open court.
1Opinion of the Court
Pitney, V. C.
The complainant is a judgment creditor of the defendant Henry N. Smith. The object of his bill is to subject to the lien of his judgment certain lands which, at the date of its entry, stood in the name of the defendant Mary E. Smith.
After the’defendants had answered (the said Henry N. Smith and Mary E. Smith answering separately), Mary E. Smith died testate, and her devisees, including three infant children, were-made parties defendant in her place.
The lands in question comprise what is known as the “ Fashion Stud Farm,” near Trenton, New Jersey, containing about three hundred…
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