Irwin v. . Teller
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal irónica judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered September 25, 1906, affirming a judgment of Special Term construing tlie will of Jacob Y. B. Teller, deceased.
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Appeal irónica judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered September 25, 1906, affirming a judgment of Special Term construing tlie will of Jacob Y. B. Teller, deceased. The following facts, among others, were found by the trial court: Jacob Y. B. Teller died in the town of East Green-bush, Bensselaer county, on the 6th of February, 1892, leaving him surviving his widow, Martha T. Teller, two daughters, Anna M. Invin and Margaret M. Strong, and three sons, David A., William and Elisha P., as his sole surviving heirs at law and next of kin.…
1Opinion of the CourtEdward T. Bartlett, J.
This litigation arises over the will of Jacob V. B. Teller, late of the village of East Green-bush, now city of Rensselaer, Rensselaer county, and certain extrinsic circumstances. The will and the findings are lengthy, but the facts material to this controversy are exceedingly simple. This action was brought by the two daughters of the testator and asks for a judgment determining the rights of the parties in and to the property, real and personal, disposed of by the will.
The testator died leaving five children, the two plaintiffs, and three sons, David, William and Elisha,, seized of what is…
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