Noyes v. Blakeman
The Superior Court of New York City
The bill in this cause was filed, September 16,1846, before the vice-chancellor of the first circuit, by Willian Curtis Eoyes against Henry Blakeman and Ann Maria his wife, and Elisha Ruckman, for the purpose of obtaining payment out of the separate estate of Mrs. Blakeman, of the several claims and demands of the complainant for costs and counsel fees incurred by the defendants Mrs. Blakeman and her husband, in the prosecution and defence of suits at law and in chancery,…
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The bill in this cause was filed, September 16,1846, before the vice-chancellor of the first circuit, by Willian Curtis Eoyes against Henry Blakeman and Ann Maria his wife, and Elisha Ruckman, for the purpose of obtaining payment out of the separate estate of Mrs. Blakeman, of the several claims and demands of the complainant for costs and counsel fees incurred by the defendants Mrs. Blakeman and her husband, in the prosecution and defence of suits at law and in chancery, relating, as alleged, to the separate estate of Mrs. Blakeman, and for her particular use and benefit. The bill was taken…
1Opinion of the CourtBy the Court. Duer, J.
The object of this bill is to charge the separate estate of Mrs. Blakeman, a married woman, with the payment of various sums of money, that are alleged to- be due to the plaintiff, for his disbursements and services as her *539solicitor and counsel, in several suits in relation to her estate, in which she employed him. A decree in his favor has been rendered at a special term of the supreme court, for the whole amount of his claims, and it is upon an appeal from this decree that the cause is now before us.
We are satisfied that all the material allegations in the bill in relation to the employment…
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