Gould v. Gould
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from the judgment of the special term dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint. This action was brought to recover the possession of the leasehold premises No. 186 Clinton Place, and ivas in the nature of an action of ejectment.
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Appeal from the judgment of the special term dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint. This action was brought to recover the possession of the leasehold premises No. 186 Clinton Place, and ivas in the nature of an action of ejectment. The leasehold had been settled upon the plaintiff by her father, Cornelius Du Bois, in 1842, “to have and to hold the same, and the rents, issues and profits of said premises unto the said Mary Elizabeth Gould, for the term of her natural life, to her sole and only proper use and benefit and behoof, free from all interference of her said or any future husband ” &c.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the court, BnAnv, J.
On the 1st March, 1855, the parties hereto ratified in writing the result of the negotiations of referees selected to accomplish an amicable separation between them. They were then living together in the house to recover the-possession of which this action is brought, and they continued to live there together until the 28th July, 1855, when, or about which time, Mrs. Gould went to Europe. The referees determined, among other things, that the parties should live separately, and retire from each other, from and after the 1st May, 1855, and this was ratified in the manner…
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