Legal Opinion

Rix v. Hunt

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

Decided July 1, 1897PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal by the defendant, Artemus L. Hunt, as executor, etc., of Sylvester Eix, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Steuben on the 5th day of July, 1895, upon the report of a referee.

1Opinion of the Court

Adams, J.:

The plaintiff brings this action to recover the value of seven notes amounting in the aggregate to $2,638.98, and interest thereon,, together with a roan cow of the value of $30, which she claims to own by gift from her uncle, the defendant’s testator, Sylvester Eix.

The action was tried before a referee, who found that the notes and cow were the property of the plaintiff'; that they were given to her by the testator prior to his death, and that they were taken from her possession by the defendant, as executor of the last will and tes*542tament of Sylvester Bix, upon the claim that they…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hobart v. . HobartNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
  2. Bedell v. . CarllNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
  3. Grangiac v. ArdenNew York Supreme Court · 1813
  4. Mercantile Safe-Deposit Co. v. HuntingtonNew York Supreme Court · 1895
  5. Hoffman v. HoffmanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. De Puy v. StevensAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
  2. In re the Estate of DavisNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
  3. In re the Estate of TaberNew York Surrogate's Court · 1899
  4. In re Account of ArkenburghAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
  5. In re DrewAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964

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