Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Bosch

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 11, 1898PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from special term. Action by Rebecca J. Bennett against Catharine M. Yonder Bosch and another. From an "order striking the cause from the special term calendar, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtCullen, J.

This action is brought to recover an undivided one-seventeenth part of certain real estate in Westchester county. The complaint sets forth that one Frances Lyons was seised in fee and possessed of the premises; that on the 28th day of January, 1897, she executed and delivered to the defendant Yonder Bosch what purported to be a conveyance of the same; that thereafter the said Frances Lyons made and executed a paper purporting to be her last will and testament, whereby she devised the same premises to said defendant; that on the 8th day of June, 1897, the said Frances Lyons died intestate,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Van Deusen v. . SweetNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  2. Corley v. . McElmeelNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  3. Riggs v. . American Tract SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  4. Goodyear v. AdamsNew York Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Loomis v. DeckerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Avery v. Avery, Admx.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1958

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