Striker v. . Mott
New York Court of Appeals
Appeals from the Supreme Court. John Hopper died in 1819. The material provisions of .his will were as follows : ££I give all my real estate to my three grandchildren, G-arrit H. Striker, Ann Striker, and Winifred the wife of Jordan Mott, and their heirs, forever.
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Appeals from the Supreme Court. John Hopper died in 1819. The material provisions of .his will were as follows : ££I give all my real estate to my three grandchildren, G-arrit H. Striker, Ann Striker, and Winifred the wife of Jordan Mott, and their heirs, forever. The said real estate so devised to my said grandchildren to be disposed of as follows, by my executors hereinafter named, and the survivor of them, or the executors or administrators of such survivor, that is to say: the said real estate shall not at any time hereafter be sold or alienated; but my said executors and the survivor óf…
1Opinion of the Court
Denio, Ch. J.
The general question in these cases is whether Ann Striker was seised, at the time of her death, of an estate of inheritance in the premises in controversy. John Hopper, who died in the city of Hew York in August, 1819, was, in his lifetime and at the time of his death, the owner in fee of a farm on Manhattan island, now in the vicinity of Fiftieth street, of which the premises in question are a part. By his will, executed about four years before his death, he devised to his three grandchildren, namely, the said Ann Striker, Garrit H. Striker and Winifred Mott, “ and their heirs…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Miller v. . EmansNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Jackson ex dem. Salisbury v. FishNew York Supreme Court · 1813
- G. H. & E. Striker v. MottNew York Court of Chancery · 1831
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