Legal Opinion
Latham v. Father Divine
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 3, 1949PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.
The amended complaint herein has, in response to a motion under rule 106 of the Buies of Civil Practice, been dismissed for insufficiency. Its principal allegations are these: plaintiffs are first cousins, but not distributees, of Mary Sheldon Lyon, who died in October, 1946, leaving a will, executed in 1943, which gave almost her whole estate to defendant Father Divine, leader of a religious cult, and to two corporate defendants in some way connected with that cult, and to an individual defendant (Patience Budd) said to be one of Father Divine’s active followers; that said will has been,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Meinhard v. SalmonNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Beatty v. . Guggenheim Exploration Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Trustees of Amherst College v. RitchNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
- Simar v. . CanadayNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
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3Cited by118 opinions
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- Ehrlich v. American Moninger Greenhouse Manufacturing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1970
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