Barber v. Brundage
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Fannie S. Brundage, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Steuben on the 22d day of April, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the Steuben Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action was brought for the partition of a tract of land consisting of about 300 acres, which Monroe Brundage owned at the *124time of his death in 18.75. He left no will or widow and his only heirs were his mother, Sarah Brnndage, two brothers, Franklin and Grattan H. Brundage, and one sister, Eliza Nellis. Upon the (leath of the intestate, his mother entered and remained- in possession of the premises until her death in January, 1899. In the meantime the brothers and sisters had died leaving issue who survived their grandmother, the life tenant. The sole question presented hy…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Byrnes v. . StilwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Lawrence v. BayardNew York Court of Chancery · 1838
- Vanderheyden v. CrandallNew York Supreme Court · 1846
- Jackson ex dem. v. HiltonNew York Supreme Court · 1819
- Manolt v. PetrieThe Superior Court of New York City · 1883
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3Cited by1 opinion
- United States Trust Co. v. WheelerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902