Ferris v. Nelson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the' defendant, Thomas Nelson, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 23d day of November, 1899, upon the decision, of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Trial-Term, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff in this action is a sister of the defendant, both being children of William Nelson, who died in 1869, leaving a will of which defendant, George P. Nelson and Uriah Hill, Jr., were the general executors and trustees. William Nelson, at the time of his death, was the owner of certain real estate in the State of Iowa, described in the complaint, which constituted a part of his residuary estate. One-eighth of this was devised to the defendant and' seven-eighths to his executors and trustees in trust, one-eighth being in severalty for the benefit of his daughter Sarah…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Knope v. . NunnNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Knope v. NunnNew York Supreme Court · 1894