Connelly v. . O'Brien

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1901-04-16

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O’Brien, J. In this action to partition real property the plaintiff claims title by descent from his mother, who, it is claimed, took a vested remainder under the will of her father, James Higgins, who died in the year 1855, leaving him surviving his widow and six children. The plaintiff’s title and right to maintain the action turns upon the question whether the remainders in this w…

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