Jones v. Perkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Rachel A. Jones and another, as administrators, etc., of Samuel Jones, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Wyoming on the 29th day of September, 1897, as amended by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of October, 1897, upon the report of a referee, dismissing the complaint upon the merits. ■ Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that on the 20th…
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, Rachel A. Jones and another, as administrators, etc., of Samuel Jones, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Wyoming on the 29th day of September, 1897, as amended by an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 28th day of October, 1897, upon the report of a referee, dismissing the complaint upon the merits. ■ Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that on the 20th day of June, 1892,, and for a number of years prior thereto, the defendant William R. Perkins was the owner in fee of, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
To support the allegations of the complaint the plaintiffs called Rachel A. Jones, one of the plaintiffs, the administratrix, as a witness, and she testified: “Samuel Jones, deceased, and myself went down to Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, the defendants, about July, 1892. On that occasion he and I sat and counted the money in one hundred dollar packages. I would lay it on his knee as fast as .it was counted. There was counted out $650.00 ; I counted it. That was at our home. On the next day Mr. Jones and I went down to the defendants’ house at Dale. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, the defendants,…
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- In re Account of ManhardtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Potts v. . MayerNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
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