Ivison v. Ivison
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Charles H. Ivison, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, David B. Ivison and others, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 28th day of March, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 27th day of April, 1901, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
On the 30th of May, 1896, William Ivison, upwards of eighty years of age, died leaving a last will and testament, which, after a contest, was admitted to probate by the surrogate of the county of N ew York and letters testamentary were issued to the executor therein named. The testator left him surviving no widow or children, his heirs at law consisting of numerous nephews and nieces. He gave the greater part of his estate to his nephew, David B. Ivison. The. plaintiff, another nephew, feeling aggrieved, brought this action under section 2653a of the Code of Civil Procedure to…
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- Dobie v. . ArmstrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
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- Cook v. WhiteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Waldron v. . FargoNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
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- Perham v. CottleNew York Supreme Court · 1916
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