Garvey v. Union Trust Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, the Union Trust Company of New York, executor and trustee of and under the last will and testament of Andrew Jeffries Garvey, deceased, and others, from interlocutory judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25tli day of January, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after atrial at the New York Special Term overruling their demurrers to the amended…
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Appeal by the defendants, the Union Trust Company of New York, executor and trustee of and under the last will and testament of Andrew Jeffries Garvey, deceased, and others, from interlocutory judgments of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 25tli day of January, 1898, upon the decision of the court rendered after atrial at the New York Special Term overruling their demurrers to the amended complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The action is brought for the partition of certain property of which Andrew J. Garvey, deceased, died seized, the plaintiffs claiming, as heirs at law of said Andrew J. Garvey, that an apparent devise of such property made by the last will and testament of the said deceased is void.
The complaint alleges that said Andrew J. Garvey, late of the city and county of New York, deceased, was seized in fee absolute and in possession of certain lots, pieces or parcels of land situated in the city and county of New York, which are particularly described ; that the said Garvey died on or…
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