Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Shepard
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The Western Union Telegraph Company,, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants,, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York .on the 25th day of July, 1899, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The primary relief sought in this action is the reformation of a certain conveyance, being one of a series of deeds, through which the title to the premises described in the complaint became vested in the defendant Shepard. Those premises, in the year- 1872, belonged to the plaintiff, who continued to own them until June 4, 1888. It then sold them to one Tubbs, who subsequently conveyed them, and- the title passed through various persons until it devolved upon the Messrs. Levy, who, on March 29, 1889, conveyed them to the defendant Shepard. When the conveyance was made by the '…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pegram v. New York Elevated RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Shepard v. Metropolitan El. Railway Co.New York Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by3 opinions
- Shepard v. Manhattan Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Stilwell v. KenedyNew York Supreme Court · 1901
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ShepardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902