Powers v. . Bergen
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal by the defendant from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the second district, where a decree had been made for the specific performance by him of a contract for the purchase of certain lands in the city of Brooklyn, in a case submitted under § 372 of the code. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJewett, J.
— The parties agreed upon and submitted a case to the supreme court, containing *the facts ^ upon which the controversy between them de- *- pended, pursuant to § 372 of the code, on which, that court rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, from which the defendant has appealed. The single question for determination is, whether the plaintiffs have power, under and by virtue of the will of Thomas Poole, deceased, and the several acts of the legislature men tioned in the case, and the proceedings had under them, or under either, to convey to the defendant a valid title, in fee-simple, in…
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