Van Nostrand v. Van Nostrand
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal'hy the defendant, Anabel Gardiner Van Rostrand, from-certain parts of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of June, 1889.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
This action was brought in 1889 to construe the will of John J. Van Rostrand. J udgment was entered May 8,1889, and it and the findings were amended by Mr, Justice Cullen, the'trial judge, sitting as a court, hy an order dated June 8, 1889, changing the word “children” to “legal heirs”, to conform'to.the exact terms of the will, the word children'Jiaving been .used by inadvertence.
Rothing further was done in the action for nearly 18 years, viz. until January 22, 1907, when the defendant Anabel Gardiner Van Rostrand, this appellant, took an appeal from the said order. ' Meanwhile…
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- Shipman v. Long Island RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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- Van Nostrand v. Van NostrandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908