O'Rourke v. Hall
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Kings county. Action by Margaret O’Kourke against ^Hannah Hall, impleaded with others. From a judgment declaring certain deeds null and void, and adjudging plaintiff to be the owner in fee of one undivided one-third of the premises, defendant Hall appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
There appears to be no good reason why the judgment in this action should be disturbed. One Ellen Hall died intestate in June, 1883, and at the time of her death was seised in fee simple of the property now claimed by the parties in this suit. She left, her surviving, a husband, John Hall, and two children, William and Joseph; the two latter inheriting the property, subject to the life estate of their father. On the 19th of January, 1889, while William was 20 years and 8 months old, and his brother was 14 years and 4 months of age, these young men executed a quitclaim deed t© their father of…
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