Chapman v. Wackerman
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Monroe county. Action by Emma J. Chapman against Laura M. Wackerman, as executrix. From an order denying a motion for a bill of particulars, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
This action was brought upon a promissory note alleged to have been made by Mrs. S. R. Torkington, the defendant’s testatrix. The note is for the sum of $12,000, dated at Rochester, N. Y., July 6, 1889, and is payable on demand to bearer, at the office of George Rumble, Chicago, Ill., or at Rochester, N. Y., with interest at 6 per cent, per annum after date until paid. The defendant in her moving affidavit, states that she did not know of the existence of the note until the same was presented to her, as executrix, after the will of her testatrix had been admitted to probate, and she asks for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Tilton v. . BeecherNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- People, Ex Rel. King v. . GallagherNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Matthews v. . HubbardNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Klock v. BrennanNew York Supreme Court · 1891
- Smith v. JohnstonNew York Supreme Court · 1889