Valentine v. . Richardt
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 9, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an order made February 9, 1891, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The complaint in this action alleges in substance that plaintiff is the son and only heir at law of Catharine A. Valentine, Avho died intestate; that prior to ¡November, 1883, said Catharine A. Valentine Avas seized in fee of certain premises in the city of Brooklyn; that on June 7, 1886, through the fraud and undue influence of defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.. The plaintiff is the infant son and sole heir at law of Catharine A. Valentine, deceased, and by his guardian ad lÁtem brought this action to recover certain real estate which was conveyed by his mother in her life-time to the •defendant Bichardt. The litigation took the form of an action to set aside a deed given by the. plaintiff’s mother to said Bichardt, on the 7th of June, 1886, of the house in which she then resided in the city of Brooklyn, on the ground that the conveyance was without consideration and was procured from the grantor by fraud and undue influence. This charge…
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