Town v. Needham
New York Court of Chancery
' This case came before the court on pleadings and proofs; The facts of the case, so far as they are material to the decision, are detailed in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
It appears by the pleadings and proofs in this cause that the premises in question, a small lot of ground in the town of Granville in the county of Washington, containing about thirty acres, belonged to John Need-ham, at the time of his death in December, 1798. By his will, he devised one half of his estate to his wife for life, and after her death, one half of the property devised to her, being one fourth of the whole, he gave to his grand son, the defendant, J. N. Harvey, in fee, and the residue of the estate, after the payment of two small legacies, he gave to Ms two sons,…
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