Legal Opinion

Murphy v. Holmes

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

Decided July 1, 1903PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, M. Louise Holmes, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 5th day of February, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said, clerk’s office on the 3d day of February, 1903,; denying the said defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.

1Opinion of the Court

Hatch, J.:

The complaint averred a cause of action upon a promissory note made by the defendant Holmes and indorsed .by the defendant But. terfield. At the time the note was made the defendant was an infant over the age of fourteen years. The note itself, together with the indorsement thereon, was set ofit in the complaint, and it averred in connection therewith that the note was given for necessaries supplied to the infant in the form of board and tuition at the school conducted by the plaintiffs, and that the education so furnished was such as was suitable to the station in life of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Goodman v. . AlexanderNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
  2. Gay v. BallouNew York Supreme Court · 1830
  3. Wailing v. TollNew York Supreme Court · 1812
  4. Bates v. ViroletAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
  5. Gray v. SandsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Siegel & Hodges v. HodgesNew York Supreme Court · 1959
  2. In re Letters of Guardianship of the Person & Estate of YardumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
  3. Michaels v. FlachNew York Supreme Court · 1921
  4. Stetson v. RussellAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1927
  5. Saracco v. CorelliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1944

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