Legal Opinion

Wright v. Wright

New York Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1879PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Merwin, J. —

The plaintiff and the defendant Wright are the children and only issue of Henrietta D. Wright, who was a daughter of Henry Huntington, who died in October, 1846. He left a will by which, after providing for the payment of his debts and a specific devise to his son, Benjamin, he directed that all the rest of his estate, real and personal, be divided into five equal parts, and one of such parts he gave and devised to his executors in trust to receive the rents, profits and income thereof and apply the same to the sole and separate use of his daughter, the said Henrietta D. Wright,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Scott v. . GuernseyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
  2. Hannan v. OsbornNew York Court of Chancery · 1834
  3. Scott v. GuernseyNew York Supreme Court · 1866

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Marx v. GoodnoughOregon Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Minion v. WarnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
  3. Dolan v. DolanAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1925
  4. O'Connell v. KellyNew York Supreme Court · 1927

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