Nexsen v. Nexsen
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the General Term of the second district who affirmed the decree of the surrogate of Kings county, who directed probate of the will of Sarah Kexsen, deceased.
1Opinion of the CourtDavies, J.
Sarah Kexsen, the testatrix, was a single woman, and previous to April, 1852, had resided in a house in Brooklyn with her sister Catharine. In this month her sister died, and she soon thereafter removed to the house of her brother, William Kexsen, in whose family she continued to reside until her death, in January, 1862. She was possessed of personal estate of the valué of about $15,000, and some real estate, the value of which does not appear; and, *230the respondent who was her only brother of the full blood living at the time, she went to reside with him. The appellants were a brother of the…
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- Clarke v. SawyerNew York Court of Chancery · 1846
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