Willetts v. Whitson

In this action for the partition of property located in Queens county a sale was made by James W. Treadwell, Esq., the referee, on the 4th day of May, 1910, for the total sum of $174,754.96, ten per cent, of the amount being paid on deposit. The plaintiff, Annette W. Willetts, and her brother, D'aniel Whitson, were each entitled by the-judgment of partition to one-third of the proceeds of the sale and both were present when the sale took place. Through their attorney, Wilson M. Powell, and the auctioneer, Joseph P. Day, these parties offered to make to the purchaser a loan on the premises and…