Manners v. Manners
New Jersey Court of Chancery
The complainants filed their bill for the partition of a farm in the county of Hunterdon; to one equal undivided fourteenth part of which they claimed title, under the will of John Manners, deceased. The defendants, by their answer, insisted, that the complainants, under the will, acquired no title to the premises whereof partition was sought to be made.
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The complainants filed their bill for the partition of a farm in the county of Hunterdon; to one equal undivided fourteenth part of which they claimed title, under the will of John Manners, deceased. The defendants, by their answer, insisted, that the complainants, under the will, acquired no title to the premises whereof partition was sought to be made. No other objection was raised to the partition, and the only point made by the pleadings was, the true construction of the will of the said testator. The case was submitted upon written argument, both parties desiring that the question of…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The complainants are children of Abraham Manners, deceased, and claim to have title, each, to one fourteenth part of a certain farm in the county of Hunterdon, and seek, by their bill, to have a partition of the same, according to the practice of this court. The rights of these complainants depend entirely upon the construction of the devise made to David Manners, their grandfather, by the will of John Manners, which bears date on the 30th of November, 1805. They contend that the remainder vested, at the death of the testator, and was capable of being conveyed by their…
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- Wilkin v. WilkinNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
- Coxe v. SmithNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
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