Dominick v. Sayre
The Superior Court of New York City
The bill in this cause was filed in the late court of chancery, in 1840, by Erancis Dominick, against a great number of persons who were the heirs and descendants of Francis Dominick, formerly of the city of Hew York, deceased.
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The bill in this cause was filed in the late court of chancery, in 1840, by Erancis Dominick, against a great number of persons who were the heirs and descendants of Francis Dominick, formerly of the city of Hew York, deceased. The bill stated that the decedent being seized and possessed of a very considerable estate, real and personal, on or about the twenty-ninth day of March, 1822, made and published in due form of law, so as to pass real estate, his last will and testament in writing, and therein and thereby, after a devise in trust of all his residuary estate to his executors, during the…
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court. Duer, J.
Francis Dominick, deceased, by his last will and testament, devised eight lots of ground in this city, which are described in the will and the pleadings, to his daughter Margaret, during her life, and added to the devise these words : “ with power to give the same by deed or by will, to any of the male descendants of my family of the name of Dominick, and their heirs.” The daughter, Margaret, by her will devised two of the lots to a nephew, who, subsequently to the execution of her will, died in her lifetime, and as by his death the devise in his favor became lapsed, the power given to the…
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