Legal Opinion

Cohn v. Bartlett

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 8, 1918PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal by the plaintiffs, Maimie F. Cohn and others, as executors and trustees, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 9th day of January, 1918, vacating an order appointing a receiver, " terminating the ■ receivership, and directing the receiver to account.

1Opinion of the Court

Shearn, J.:

This is an action for the foreclosure of a mortgage on which there is now due $41,000 and interest, upon premises Nos. 510-512 West One Hundred and Forty-seventh street, borough of Manhattan.

In August, 1917, George R. Cannon died seized of the premises, subject to the mortgage, leaving a will by which he devised.all his property, including the above apartment house, to his sister, Fannie M. Bundy, whom he appointed his sole executrix. Fannie M. Bundy predeceased the said George R. Cannon and left no descendants, by reason of which the bequest and devise lapsed, and the real…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of RunkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
  2. In re the Estate of WeisellNew York Surrogate's Court · 1906

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of MaierNew York Surrogate's Court · 1920
  2. Higbee v. SchwartzNew York Supreme Court · 1945

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