Hunter v. Hunter
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action for the partition of real estate, and was submitted to the court upon the complaint, answers, and points of counsel,
1Opinion of the CourtSutherland, J.
This is an action for the partition of cer-* tain real estate of which Abraham T. Hunter, late of the city of Hew York, died seised in fee, leaving him surviving, his widow Adeline M. Hunter, (now the defendant Adeline M, Cooke, wife of the defendant Joseph P. Cooke,) and seven children, to wit, the plaintiff and six of the defendants, his only children and heirs at law.
The theory of the complaint is, that although Abraham T. Hunter left a will, executed in due form of law, by which he undertook to devise, and did in form devise all his real estate to his wife, in and upon certain trusts,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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