Farrell v. . Farrell
New York Court of Appeals
Cross-appeals from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered May 12, 1911, modifying the findings of the court made after trial at Special Term, but affirming a judgment based thereon in favor of plaintiff and defendants Francisco L. Farrell and Adelaide L. L. Farrell. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
This is a suit in equity for an accounting in respect to the dealings of Mrs. Leocadie Liado Farrell, deceased, and William J. Farrell, executor and trustee under her will, in reference to certain real estate in Spain of which Francisco Liado, Mrs. Farrell’s first husband, died seized in 1884. This property was devised to his children but at the time of his death a part of it was mortgaged to a Spanish creditor who instituted legal proceedings under which the debt was established as a lien against the whole and the whole was sold. The widow bought it in and resold it at a profit, paying the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Dennison Construction Co. v. . ManneschmidtNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
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- Arams v. AramsNew York Supreme Court · 1943