Case Name: Jones and others against Alston and wife
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1853-10-07
Citations: 1 Seld. Notes 165
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jones and others against Alston and wife.
Judges: 
Reporter: Selden's Notes of Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 165–165

Head Matter:
Jones and others against Alston and wife.
Estoppel by pleadings in former suit.

Opinion:
A judgment or decree concludes the parties only as to the grounds covered by it, and the facts necessary to uphold it.
Where a bill was filed by an heir-at-law against other heirs and devisees claiming under a will, alleging that the will, though duly executed, was in terms repugnant to law, and void, and praying that it might be declared void; and some of the defendants answered, admitting that they were advised and believed that the will, if duly executed, was nevertheless void; but the bill was dismissed on the ground that the will was not in its terms repugnant to law, or void, the question of its execution not being passed upon: Held, in a subsequent suit, that the defendants who had answered as stated above were not estopped from contesting the due execution of the will.