Gettins v. Boyle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cross-appeals by the plaintiffs, Anthony Gettins and another, and by the defendants, Catherine Boyle, individually and as executrix, and another, from parts of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 23d day of April, 1918, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Jaycox, J.:
The plaintiffs contributed $3,000 toward the purchase price of the real property known as No. 235 Grand avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. The deed for the property was taken in the name of Mary F. McCleary. This money was advanced in accordance with an agreement between the plaintiffs and Mary F. McCleary, by which it was agreed that if the plaintiffs would advance said sum of $3,000 toward the purchase price of said premises, Mary F. McCleary at her death would devise the premises to the plaintiffs — John Gettins to have a life estate therein and Anthony Gettins to have the remainder in…
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