Legal Opinion

Perrin v. Harrington

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 11, 1911PublishedCited by 34 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Irving Harrington, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Monroe on the 9th day of March, 1911, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Monroe Special Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Robson, J.:

Plaintiff’s action is in partition, and his interest in the premises in question is put in issue by defendant’s answer. Plaintiff is the father and sole heir at law of Louise Brown, also known as Louise Harrington, who died intestate July 7, 1909. Prior to her decease she had lived with and passed as the wife of defendant Harrington for something-more'than a year, but they had never been married. She had been married some years before that to one Brown, with whom she lived only a short time. No divorce dissolving that marriage was ever had, and, so far as appears, she remained his…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Stelz v. . ShreckNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  2. Miner v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. Jackson v. MooreAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  4. De Puy v. StevensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  5. Walker v. BarrowSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. V.R.W., Inc. v. KleinNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. Bell v. LittleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
  3. Coleman v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
  4. The People v. VarelIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Secrist v. SecristAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954

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