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THE ANDERSON WILL CASE. One of the heirs of the late John Anderson, a few years since, brought an action in the city of New York to recover her share of some valuable property in that city which was, by the will of John Anderson, devised to ‘his son, John ©. Anderson, and by ‘him conveyed to Messrs. Phyfe Campbell, who erected on it the Plaza Hotel, at the corner of Fifty ninth street and Fifth avenue, the property being valued at two millions of dollars. A jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, considering the will of Mr. Anderson invalid. Other actions being threatened by other heirs of Mr. Anderson, Mr. John ©. Anderson, to whom all of the real estate of his father was de vised, brought an action in the su preme court, about the middle of Oc tober last to establish the validity of the will as a will of real estate, mak ing the place of trial the county of Westchester, where Mr. Anderson lived many years before, and re sided at the time of his death, mak ing all of the heirs of the testator and all of the grantees of Mr. John C. Anderson, parties. Within a few days after this action was brought Mrs. Laura V. Appleton, a daughter of Mr. John Anderson, commenced an action for the partition of all of the real estate of her father, laying the place of trial in the city of New York, and making all of the heirs of her father and all of the grantees of Mr. John C. Anderson parties. On the same day she removed the ac tion to establish the validity of the will, brought by Mr. John C. Ander son into the United States circuit court, which court, on December 1st, remanded to the state court. There upon Mr. Anderson made a motion at the Westchester special term of the supreme court, on December 10, to stay all further proceedings in the action for partition, brought by Mrs. Appleton, pending the action to es tablish the validity of the will. This motion was stoutly resisted by Mrs. Appleton, who desired to try her action in the city of New York, but Judge Dykman properly granted the motion, and the action to establish the will must, therefore, be tried .n As this action involves the title of real estate worth several millions of dollars, its trial will naturally be an interesting one, being the most im portant litigation ever had in this county. The competency of John Anderson to make a testamentary disposition of his real estate will be the sole question involved, and the trial will, doubtless, occupy several weeks. The plaintiff will be represented by Messrs. Thomas M. North, Martin J. Keogh, and Calvin Frost, and the de fendant, Appleton, by Messrs. Dill, Chandler, Seymour, and Mr. E. C. James.
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White Plains Eastern State Journal
White Plains, New York, US
Sat, Dec 17, 1887
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