Ranken v. Donovan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Henry Benton Ranken, from a judgment of the Supreme-Court in favor off the defendants, Michael Donovan and Cartwright ■ McBride;. entered in the office off the clerk of the county of Kings- on the 23d day, of March, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the -court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, aud also from an order, entered in said clerk’s, office on the 29th day of March, 189.9, denying the plaintiff’s motion for…
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Appeal by the plaintiff, Henry Benton Ranken, from a judgment of the Supreme-Court in favor off the defendants, Michael Donovan and Cartwright ■ McBride;. entered in the office off the clerk of the county of Kings- on the 23d day, of March, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the -court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term, aud also from an order, entered in said clerk’s, office on the 29th day of March, 189.9, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new tidal made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
This, is an action of ejectment, brought to recover" possession of the premises known as No. 163 Lee avenue, in the'borough of' Brooklyn.,
The plaintiff claims title under the will of lffs grandmother, Lydia W. Ranken,'which devised to him this property, and also No. 347 Keap street. That will was executed on March 31, 1893. The testatrix died on February 11, 1895, aged seventy-eight years.
The defendants, other than those"who were sued as undertenants of the property in controversy, are Michael Donovan and Cartwright McBride, who claim title as trustees under the last will…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ten Eyck v. . WhitbeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Hathaway v. . PayneNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Adams v. . Roscoe Lumber Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Walker v. . DunspaughNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
3Cited by3 opinions
- Ranken v. DonovanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Reed v, BarkleyNew York Supreme Court · 1924
- Little v. FerrisNew York Supreme Court · 1914