Leggett v. Hunter
New York Supreme Court
CONTROVERSY submitted to the court, by the parties, without action, pursuant to the provisions of the code. Gerardus Post, late of the city of New York, died October 22, 1833, leaving him surviving his only children and heirs at law, Gerardus Post, William Post, Jehiel J. Post, Susan Post, and Mary Jaggar Post.
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CONTROVERSY submitted to the court, by the parties, without action, pursuant to the provisions of the code. Gerardus Post, late of the city of New York, died October 22, 1833, leaving him surviving his only children and heirs at law, Gerardus Post, William Post, Jehiel J. Post, Susan Post, and Mary Jaggar Post. Susan, on the 25th of November, 1841, intermarried with Edward W. Leggett, and has issue of such marriage; and Mary J., on the 3d of November, 1847, intermarried with William T. Barber and has issue. The decedent left a last will and testament, dated October 12, 1833, and admitted to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, S. B. Strong, P. J.
The deeds in these cases were executed by the acting (and alleged to be the legitimate) *98trustee; the person entitled to receive and use, the income, or rents 'and profits, of the land intended to be conveyed during her life, and her husband; and the special guardian of their present children who were at the time seised of, or entitled to, the remainder. No objection has been raised to the form of the deeds, or to the mode of the antecedent proceedings, so that the grantees would confessedly take whatever estate it was in the power of the grantees, any or…
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