Donovan v. Flynn

Thomas Flynn died in Delaware county in 1876, leaving a will by which he gave the farm in question to his son, John W. Flynn, for life and the remainder to the children of his daughter, Margaret Quinn. John W. Flynn died on August 13,1924. The plaintiffs are the children of Margaret Quinn and the defendants are the devisees of John W. Flynn, the life tenant. In 1880 John W. Flynn proved a debt against the estate of Thomas, and as a, creditor started a proceeding in the Surrogate’s Court of Delaware county to sell this real estate to satisfy the debt. There being insufficient personal…