Girty v. Standard Oil Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Caroline E. Girty, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of May, 1895, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term dismissing the complaint upon the merits, with notice of an intention to bring up for review upon such appeal the decision upon which said judgment was founded.
1Dissent
Pratt, J. (dissenting):
This action is brought to set aside a conveyance of property valued at $105,000, made by a wife without consideration moving to her, at the request of her husband. The proof shows that, the plaintiff’s son died on March 10, 1888, and that on the nineteenth, on her return from the funeral, her husband informed her that he was falsely accused by the Standard Oil Company of having taken their property, and that, if "she did not sign the papers that had been prepared and were there present, he would be arrested, in which case he could not stand the disgrace and would take…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eadie v. . SlimmonNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- L. M. Wiley & Co. v. PrinceTexas Supreme Court · 1858
- Witbeck v. WitbeckMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
- Stiles v. StilesMichigan Supreme Court · 1866
- Ingersoll v. RoeNew York Supreme Court · 1873
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