Campbell v. Morgan
New York Supreme Court
Case submitted on agreed statement. Controversy between Mary Ann Campbell and William Morgan, submitted on an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1279, Code Civil Proc. Judgment for Mrs. Campbell.
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Case submitted on agreed statement. Controversy between Mary Ann Campbell and William Morgan, submitted on an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1279, Code Civil Proc. Judgment for Mrs. Campbell. On the 30th day of November, 1850, William Jarvis and Eunice B., his wife, •conveyed to Peter Broadfoot, by a warranty deed dated that day, and recorded December 30, 1850, in the cleric’s office of the county of Westchester, in Boole 155 of Deeds, page 298, the fee of a lot of land in the then town of West Farms, 117 feet and 8 inches long by 100 feet in width. The grantee entered into…
1Opinion of the CourtFollett, J.
The question submitted is whether the instrument above set forth conveyed the premises in fee simple to Mary Ann Campbell. If the question is answered in the affirmative, judgment is to be rendered in her favor, that Morgan specifically perform his contract; but, if it is answered in the negative, judgment is to be rendered in his favor, against Mrs. Campbell, for $194.25, and interest thereon from January 13, 1893. The instrument was executed by the owner of the fee of the subject of the grant, a definite grantee is named, and the instrument has sufficient parties to- constitute a legal…
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