Leggett v. Stevens
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, John O. Leggett, as executor, etc., of Minerva P. Stevens, deceased, and by the defendant Helen S. Eldridge, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Addison S. Stevens, both individually and as administrator with the will annexed of William P. Stevens, deceased, "entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Allegany on the 5th day of September, 1902, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Allegany…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, John O. Leggett, as executor, etc., of Minerva P. Stevens, deceased, and by the defendant Helen S. Eldridge, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant Addison S. Stevens, both individually and as administrator with the will annexed of William P. Stevens, deceased, "entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Allegany on the 5th day of September, 1902, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Allegany Special Term, sustaining said Addison S. Stevens’ demurrer to the complaint. Also an appeal by the plaintiff, John C.…
1Opinion of the Court
McLennan, J.:
So far as material to note, the allegations of the complaint are that one William P. Stevens, a resident of Cuba, Allegany county, N. V., died on the 18th day of April, 1898, seized and possessed of certain real and personal property, leaving a last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate, and leaving him surviving his wife, Minerva P. Stevens, and his son, Addison S. Stevens, his only heir at law and next of kin, and the defendant Helen S. Eldridge, who sustained to him the relation of child; that Addison S. Stevens and the widow, Minerva. P. Stevens, were duly…
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