Schuyler v. Hoyle
New York Court of Chancery
THE bill stated, that Henry Ten Eyck Schuyler died seized of a. large real and personal estate, intestate, on^ the 25th of September, 1812, leaving Sally S, a widow, molther of the plaintiffs, and the plaintiffs, and J. B. S. his oSnly children ; and that J. B. S. died an infant, on the 16th'of January, 1817. That on the death of the intestate, thW widow, as natural guardian to the plaintiffs, took possession of the real estate, and from the death of the intestate, until her…
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THE bill stated, that Henry Ten Eyck Schuyler died seized of a. large real and personal estate, intestate, on^ the 25th of September, 1812, leaving Sally S, a widow, molther of the plaintiffs, and the plaintiffs, and J. B. S. his oSnly children ; and that J. B. S. died an infant, on the 16th'of January, 1817. That on the death of the intestate, thW widow, as natural guardian to the plaintiffs, took possession of the real estate, and from the death of the intestate, until her marriage with the defendant, Henry Hoyle, received the rents and profits. That she possessed herself of the personal…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The question submitted in this case is, how far, and to what extent, Henry T. E. Schuyler, deceased, had reduced to possession the distributive share belonging to his wife, of the estate of Gerrit Fisher, deceased, so as to be enabled to transmit the same, as part of his per*206sonal estate, to the plaintiffs, his children, and prevent it from surviving to his wife ?
After stating the facts of the case, his Honour proceeded <
The only point in the case, arising from these facts, is, whether the distributive share of the 400,000 dollars, belonging to Mrs. Schuyler, and which came from…
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