Farnam v. Barnum
New York Supreme Court
This action is brought by the plaintiff on behalf of herself, and also for the benefit of all the heirs-at-law and next of kin of Henry Parsons Farnam, deceased, who will come in and contribute to the expenses of the action. The defendants’ administrators demur to the complaint upon the ground that it appears upon the face of the complaint that there is a defect of parties plaintiff or defendants, in that Charles 1ST. Farnam, individually, and Sarah H. Burr and Mary hi.
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This action is brought by the plaintiff on behalf of herself, and also for the benefit of all the heirs-at-law and next of kin of Henry Parsons Farnam, deceased, who will come in and contribute to the expenses of the action. The defendants’ administrators demur to the complaint upon the ground that it appears upon the face of the complaint that there is a defect of parties plaintiff or defendants, in that Charles 1ST. Farnam, individually, and Sarah H. Burr and Mary hi. Farnam, who in the complaint are alleged to be with Amelia L. Farnam, the only heirs-at-law and next of kin of the said…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
It is alleged in the complaint that Henry Parsons Farnam, late of the city of Hew York, deceased, made his last will and testament in 1873, and died December 3, 1884; that the defendants Barnum and Farnam were duly appointed administrators with the will annexed. That the testator was never married and left no descendant or ancestor surviving him, and that his only heirs-at-law and next of kin surviving him are Sarah H. Burr, his sister, and Amelia L. Farnam and Mary Farnam and Charles H. Farnam, the children of his brother Charles H. Farnam, who died in April, 1873, and that the deceased was…
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