Zapf v. Carter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Lulu E. Carter, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Jefferson on the 13th day of March, 1901, upon the report of a referee directing the partition of the premises described in the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
Chauncey B. Ashley died intestate in the city of Oswego in 1876, leaving him surviving his widow and no children, but a brother and two sisters his only heirs at law.' In 1871 he acquired by purchase the premises described in the complaint, and owned the same undisputedly at the time of his death. After his death his widow continued to occupy of lease the same to tenants, who attorned solely to her until her death, which occurred December 31, 1895. At the time of the death of Chauncey Ashley there was a mortgage covering the premises upon which there was then unpaid the sum of…
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