Griffen v. Davis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Sara Belle G-riffen, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Broome Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Tompkins on the 29th day of August, 1904, modifying and limiting an order theretofore entered in the action for the examination of the defendant before trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Chase, J.:
This is an action for an accounting. The complaint alleges in substance that about the year 1882 one G., the mother of the plaintiff, received a legacy of $20,000 ; that G. was a woman without *67education or training in matters of business, and wholly incapable of making safe investments of her money or caring for the same without the aid of others; that the defendant is an attorney and counselor at law and became the personal friend of G. and her legal and confidential adviser ; that in 1889 a brother of G. had $10,000 invested in municipal bonds for her, and the defendant, acting as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Herbage v. . City of UticaNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Whitman v. KeileyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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