Watts v. Weston
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action at law by Emily Watts, as executrix, against Walter Weston and Alfred J. Weston. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. Writ of error to a judgment of the District Court, entered upon a verdict directed for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, Circuit Judge.
A generation has passed since the controversy arose of Which this case is the latest fruit. • Transfers and devolutions of interest have occurred, but, as there is no question presented requiring reference thereto, the case will be considered as if the present plaintiff and defendant had themselves transacted all the business hereinafter referred to.
The present action began in 1898, was tried in 1900, and the judgment to which this writ was taken entered in 1914; under the mandate directed by this court in Re Watts, 214 Fed. 80, 130 C. C. A. 520. The verdict which…
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