Thornton v. White
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Louise White Thornton, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Tioga on the 3d day of August, 1918, upon the decision of the court dismissing the complaint after a trial at the Tioga Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The only question involved in this appeal is the correct construction of a certain deed, made on the 19th day of May, 1894, “ between Philomela R. Tallmadge of Trempealeau, Wis., of the first part, and Charles B. White, for and during the term of his natural life and at his death to his grandson Harry E. White for and during his natural life and at his death to his heirs upon his father’s side, of the second part, Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, in consideration of Twenty-eight hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States, paid by the parties of the…
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