Henning v. Miller
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Claim by Mary Henning against Libbie Miller, as administratrix of Catherine Barbara Hestel, deceased. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and from an order awarding costs to plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The trial was of a disputed claim made by the plaintiff against the estate of the defendant’s testatrix. The referee found that the plaintiff, being the owner of an undivided one-third part of certain lands, entered into an agreement with the defendant’s testatrix whereby it was verbally agreed between them that, in consideration of a conveyance by the plaintiff to her of her interest in such lands, the defendant’s testatrix would devise and bequeath an equal undivided one-third part of all the estate, real and personal, of which she should die seised and possessed, to the plaintiff; that the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Robinson v. . RaynorNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Reed v. . McConnellNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Quackenbush v. EhleNew York Supreme Court · 1849
- Lisk v. ShermanNew York Supreme Court · 1857
- Matson v. . AbbeyNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
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