McDuffie v. Clark
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Cattaraugus county. Ejectment by Angus McDuffie against Adelia Clark. Verdict for defendant. The court ordered the verdict set aside, and a new trial. Defendant appeals from the order.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The action is ejectment. John Manley, having title to the lot in question, made a deed, in which his wife joined, to a grantee named in *463it as David C. Brown, on October 28, 1873. The name of the person who negotiated the purchase and took the deed was David A. Brown. And at the same time, and to secure a portion of the purchase money, David A. Brown signed to a bond the name of David 0. Brown, who was named in it as obligor; and, to secure the performance of the condition of the bond, he signed to a mortgage the name of David 0. Brown, who was also named in it as mortgagor, and acknowledged…
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- McDuffie v. ClarkNew York Supreme Court · 1890