Adams v. Bristol
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Elias L. M. Bristol, from a final judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs and certain of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of February, 1908, confirming a sale made by a referee in an action for partition.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This appeal is from a final judgment in an action for the partition of real property. The premises were originally owned by one William Henry White, husband of Matilda White. By his will he gave all his property, real and personal, to his wife, who, upon his death, took possession. Subsequently she married the defendant Bristol, and on the 14th of September, '1891, died. Bristol, claiming under her will, entered into possession of the property in question, and has since remained in possession, either in person or by tenants.
The action was brought in 1904, the plaintiff claiming…
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