Maurer v. Grimm
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Peter Grimm, from a judgment of the County Court of Kings county in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 24th day of November, 1902, upon the. verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 31st day of December, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, J.:
Plaintiff’s wife died intestate on July 2, 1901, leaving the plain•tiff and six children surviving her. At the time of her death she was the owner in fee of certain three-story frame buildings in the borough of Brooklyn, occupied for apartments and stores. The plaintiff was duly appointed administrator, and a large number of just claims were filed against the estate. At the time of her death the premises were incumbered by a mortgage of $11,500, which the defendant held and which was overdue, and taxes for several years were unpaid. The plaintiff was unable to liquidate this…
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