J.A.B. Holding Co. v. Nathan

This is a suit for partition of lands formerly owned by one Solomon Nathan. He acquired the lands in the year 1880 and lived there with his wife and family for about two years, at which time he left them, never to return. On May 19th, 1884, he executed a deed, in which his wife did not join, conveying the premises to one Esther Friedberg who concededly was only a dummy for Nathan. On June 12th, 1884, Esther Friedberg executed a power of attorney to Nathan who, as her attorney-in-fact, executed a deed dated January 19th, 1886, conveying the lands to his mother-in-law, Jette Nathan. The main…