Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Levy
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 1, 1938PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Delehanty, S.
On April 17, 1869, William Cooper, ancestor of one of the petitioners in this proceeding and ancestor of another person whose estate is also a petitioner here, owned certain lands located in the then village of Westchester. This realty was situated to the west of Mill pond on Westchester creek and included in its area certain salt meadow land. William Cooper died intestate in 1889 leaving as his heirs his children William C., Grant L., Eugenia, Jennie and Wilhelmina Cooper. These five became tenants in common of the land subject to a mortgage and to the dower right of the widow.…
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