Holbrook v. Truesdell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Marion A. Holbrook, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants,, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Wyoming on the 10th day df October, 1903, upon the Verdict of a jury; and also from an- order entered in said clerk’s office on the 10th day of October, 1.903, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
Elon GL Truesdell, the, father of the plaintiff, owned a farm of 154 acres in the town of Castile, Wyoming county. On the 3d day of July, 1885, he executed a conveyance absolute in form, of said premises to the plaintiff and handed the deed to her. At the same time he executed a bill of sale of all his personal property to his daughter in form, delivering the instrument of transfer to her. The conveyance purported to be for a nominal consideration and “love and affection,” and there was in fact no substantial consideration therefor. Truesdell wa.s then a widower. An action against…
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