Moore v. Winans
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Anthony Yan Arsdale Winans, from a judgment of the' Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered 'in the office of the cleric of the county of New York on the 27th day of July, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Rumsey, J.:
On the 9th of November, 1893, Mr. ■ Anthony Y. Winans, the father of the defendant, died, leaving a last will by which, among other things, certain devises were made to the defendant and to one Grace E. W. Moore, the plaintiff’s testator. The precise nature of the devise to Mrs. Moore it is not necessary to consider further than to say that she took by the will an interest in the real estate of which the testator died seized. This will was admitted to probate in this county in the early part of the year 1894. In the fall of that year there was delivered to the defendant a release…
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- Reynolds v. . RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Brackett v. . BarneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
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