Hart v. Eyck
New York Court of Chancery
[ * 63 ] HENRY HART, the father of the plaintiff, died intestate, in May, 1788, leaving the plaintiff, then about four years old, a younger son, and his wife, surviving. The plaintiff’s brother died, under age, without issue, and intestate, and the plaintiff’s mother also died, intestate; and the plaintiff became entitled, as heir at law, to all the real and personal estate of his deceased father.
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[ * 63 ] HENRY HART, the father of the plaintiff, died intestate, in May, 1788, leaving the plaintiff, then about four years old, a younger son, and his wife, surviving. The plaintiff’s brother died, under age, without issue, and intestate, and the plaintiff’s mother also died, intestate; and the plaintiff became entitled, as heir at law, to all the real and personal estate of his deceased father. The bill, which was filed against Abraham Ten Eyck and Jeremiah Han Rensselaer, stated, that the plaintiff’s father left a large personal estate, consisting of leases, mortgages, ready money,…
1Opinion of the Court
The cause stood over for decision until this day, when the following opinion was delivered by
The Chancellor.
This is a suit by the son and heir of Henry Hart, calling the administrators of his father’s estate to account, and charging them with gross and multiplied acts of waste and fraud, by means of which, as it is alleged, a large and valuable estate, descended to him by inheritance, has been dissipated.
The testimony taken in the cause is voluminous, and the transactions which are embraced by the case are, in some degree, intricate, owing to the length of time, and the nature and variety of…
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