McTague v. Finnegan
New Jersey Court of Chancery
On bill, answers, replications and proofs.
1Opinion of the Court
Ti-ie Chancellor.
The complainant’s bill alleges the existence of two contracts whereby, at the death of Patrick Rehill and Elizabeth, his wife, the complainant was to have their respective estates, and its object is to secure the specific performance of those contracts so far as the estate'of Patrick Rehill is concerned.
The allegations of the bill are, that soon after the corhplainant’s birth, in December, 1839, her mother died and her father committed her to the care of his sister, Elizabeth Rehill, and Patrick Rehill, her husband, who were about to visit Ireland, to conduct her to the home…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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