Legal Opinion

Canfield v. Fairbanks

New York Supreme Court

Decided September 10, 1872PublishedCited by 6 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered on the report of a referee.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Talcott, J.

The plaintiff* and the defendant are the only children and heirs at law of Samuel Fairbanks, who died intestate, in July, 1871. The intestate was, for many years, the owner of, and resided upon, a farm of 76 acres in the town of Ashford, in Cattaraugus county, alleged in the complaint to have been worth nearly §4000, at the time of the conveyance hereinafter mentioned, and which was the only real property he owned. On the 12th day of June, 1871, the intestate conveyed these premises to the defendant, his son, who, at the same time, executed back to the intestate a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Clark v. FisherNew York Court of Chancery · 1828
  2. Stewart's v. LispenardNew York Supreme Court · 1841
  3. Loomis & Hayden v. Spencer & RolphNew York Court of Chancery · 1830
  4. Odell v. BuckNew York Supreme Court · 1839
  5. Person v. WarrenNew York Supreme Court · 1852

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Blinn v. . SchwarzNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
  2. Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. . HuntNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  3. McCarthy v. Bowling Green Storage & Van Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
  4. Wolcott v. Connecticut General Life-InsuranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
  5. Blinn v. SchwarzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901

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