Hamilton v. Hamilton

This action is brought by the plaintiffs as heirs and devisees of Robert Ray Hamilton against defendants as heirs, devisees and executors of the estate of Schuyler Hamilton to compel the determination of a claim to real property under sections 1638 and 1639 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and arose out of the following undisputed facts: Robert Ray Hamilton and Schuyler Hamilton, his brother, prior to 1881 were the owners of a large number of parcels of real property in the city of Hew York as tenants in common, including among other parcels certain vacant land on the northerly side of…