Murphy v. Murphy
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment dismissing the complaint at the close of the plaintiff’s case, entered in the City Court of the city of Hew York.
1Opinion of the CourtBijur, J.
Plaintiff sues to recover damages by reason of the false and fraudulent representation of defendants, his uncles, under the following circumstances:
Having been an orphan from childhood, he resided with one or both uncles whenever he was not traveling outside of the city as an usher in a circus. He was inexperienced in business. On one of his returns to this city, when he was twenty-two years of age, he sought from defendants his share in the estate of his grandfather — the father of the *179defendants. They told him that his interest was one-twelfth in certain houses, and that it was worth only…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Simar v. . CanadayNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Eaton, Cole Burnham Co. v. . AveryNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Daiker v. StrelingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Clark v. RankinNew York Supreme Court · 1866