Legal Opinion

Voorhees v. . Voorhees

New York Court of Appeals

Decided September 5, 1868PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtClerke, J.

This is an action, brought by the widow of James Voorhees, deceased, to set aside a deed made by him to the defendant, their son, conveying a farm containing 100 acres of , land in the town of Romulus, and county of Seneca. It is also brought for the purpose of proving and establishing a will of the said James Yoorhees, which had been previously made, and which was afterward destroyed in his life-time; by which will fifty acres of the said land were devised to the plaintiff for life, and, after her decease, to the testator’s children. The alleged grounds of the action are, that James Yoorhees…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. In re the Probate of the Will of JackmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1870
  2. Vaughn v. VaughnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
  3. In re Condon to Prove a Certain Lost Instrument as the Last Will & Testament of CondonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1925
  4. Booth v. KitchenNew York Surrogate's Court · 1877
  5. Collyer v. CollyerNew York Surrogate's Court · 1886

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