Cooley v. Lobdell
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Broome county. Action by William Cooley against Elmina E. Lobdell, as administratrix of the estate of Gideon Lobdell, deceased, to recover the price of land sold by decedent. From a judgment dismissing the complaint, and from an order denying a motion for a, new trial, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMerwin, J.
Olive Cooley, a daughter of the plaintiff, married Gideon Lobdell, defendant’s intestate, in 1864. They had one child, who died in 1878. Lobdell, in 1871, became the owner of a farm of 160 acres in the town of Conklin, in the county of Broome, and on the east side of it there was an old house. In 1874, Solomon Bunnell, the grandfather of Olive, died, and she was one of his heirs). From him, before he died, or from his estate, after he died, and prior-to 1876, she received about the sum of $4,000. There is evidence-tending to show that in the fall of 1874, or early in 1875, it was verbally…
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