Roberts-Horsfield v. Gedicks

Backes, V. C.

The object of this suit is to enforce a gift of land. The facts are these: When Mrs. Horsfield was a little girl of nine, at the death of her mother, she went to live with her aunt and uncle, who raised and educated her, and after she married she and her husband lived with them until 1912. *83The aunt was the wife of the defendant Albert C. Gedicks, and is now deceased. Prior to 1909 the two couples lived together in Brooklyn. In that year they moved to the outskirts of Plainfield, where Mr. and Mrs. Gedicks bought a tract of land, title to which they held by the entirety, and…