Cardozo, J. The action is partition. Elijah F. Purdy succeeded upon his father’s death in or about 1868 to the ownership of an undivided seventh interest in real estate in the city of New York. An equal interest passed to his sister Elvira, and like interests to other brothers and sisters, whose rights are not involved. Elijah was a clerk of what was then known as the Fifth District…
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