Webster v. Kings County Trust Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made at the July term, 1894, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made at the July term, 1894, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action was brought to compel a specific performance by defendant of a contract to purchase certain premises known as the Long Island Savings Bank of Brooklyn, by which contract plaintiffs agreed to convey said premises to defendant by a full covenant warranty deed, free from all incumbrances. Defendant refused to accept a deed on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Ch. J.(1) The main objection to the title, and the only one originally made, was that the vendors whose title was acquired under the sale at public auction, December 17, 1884, were disabled from purchasing by reason of the fact that they were at the time trustees of the Long Island Savings Bank. The order made in the People’s action, November 13, 1877, brought to sequestrate the property of the savings bank and for the appointment of a receiver, was made after hearing all the parties interested, including the depositors of the bank. That order denied the application for the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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