Gilbert v. Adams
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Marguerite Gilbert, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the. clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of December, 1909, upon the dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court at the close of plaintiff’s case on a trial at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The complaint alleges: “ That heretofore and at the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, on or about the 23rd day of January, 1907, the defendant for value made, executed and delivered to the plaintiff her certain written instrument, or promissory note, of which the following is a copy, ¿viz., CI, Isabella V. Adams, hereby acknowledge my indebtedness to Marguerite Gilbert for services rendered by her, for which I promise to pay her the sum of Thirty thousand dollars;, and in the event of my death I hereby authorize and direct the payment of the same out of the funds of my…
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