Wronkow v. . Oakley
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made May 13, 1892, which reversed an order of Special Term denying a motion of Charles Wolff to be relieved from purchase of premises sold under a judgment of foreclosure and sale in the above-entitled action, and granted such motion.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made May 13, 1892, which reversed an order of Special Term denying a motion of Charles Wolff to be relieved from purchase of premises sold under a judgment of foreclosure and sale in the above-entitled action, and granted such motion. This was an application by Charles Wolff, a purchaser at a foreclosure sale, to be relieved from his purchase on the ground that the interest of the wife of Moritz Bauer had not been duly conveyed. It appeared that the sale was made in pursuance of a judgment in an…
1Opinion of the CourtPeckham, J.
In relation to the questions arising upon this application of the purchaser Wolf, to be relieved from his bid at the judicial sale on the ground that the interest of the wife of Bauer had not been duly conveyed by virtue of her power of attorney to her husband, we are of the opinion that the order of the General Term is erroneous and for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of’Mr. Justice Andrews at the General Term.
The limitation sought to be imposed upon such power of attorney that it only authorized Mrs. Bauer’s husband to sign her name to conveyances of lands belonging to her is…
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