Addis v. Addis
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Ulster county. Action by David Addis and others against Cornelius Low Addis and another. From a judgment for the plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLearned, P. J.
The plaintiffs and defendant are co-tenants in remainder of a house and lot, of which the defendant is also tenant for life by the curtesy. The defendant insured the house in his own name. It was burned down, and he received the insurance money. The plaintiffs now claim a portion of the money. It was adjudged that one-eighth be paid to defendant; that the residue be invested by the county treasurer for defendant’s life; that after his death that residue be distributed among the plaintiffs. In the defendant’s application for insurance he described "the house as “his dwelling-house. ” In the…
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