Rochevot v. Rochevot
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs-, Oscar P. Eochevot and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 6th day of September, 1901, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Erie Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
This action is for specific performance to compel the enforcement of a written contract, and the dismissal was because the said agreement was invalid and if carried out would defeat the will of the testator.
George Rochevot, a wealthy brewer of Buffalo,' was the chief owner of the Lion Brewery in that city. At the time of his death .he owned 600 of the 1,000 shares which composed the capital stock of the corporation and the residue of this stock was owned by his wife and four of his children, each owning 80 shares. He died in 1887 leaving a last will and testament executed only…
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