Pawling v. Pawling
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Montgomery county. Action by Catherine E. Pawling, as administratrix of Henry Haskell Pawling, deceased, and others, against William M. Pawling and Margaret Pawling, individually and as administrators of Henry Pawling, deceased, and Mary Jane Herrick, for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land. Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.
Henry Pawling, father of the original plaintiff, Henry Haskell Pawling, and the defendants William M. Pawling and Mary Jane Herrick, died in 1892, leaving said parties his only heirs, and the defendant Margaret Pawling his widow, and owning the lot of land described in the complaint. In 1874, Henry Pawling and Henry Haskell Pawling entered into a partnership, and the former conveyed to the latter an undivided half of the premises in question. In 1877 the firm borrowed from one Stairs $2,GOO, which it used in its business. For this loan Henry Pawling and Henry Haskell Pawling executed their…
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