Hackett v. Patterson
New York Court of Common Pleas
Appeal from special term. Action by James B. Hackett and Daniel Paxton, executors of John Patterson, deceased, plaintiffs, against George W. Patterson and the Safe-Deposit Company of New York, to have free and uninterrupted access to, and egress from, a safe in the vaults of the Safe-Deposit Company of New York.
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Appeal from special term. Action by James B. Hackett and Daniel Paxton, executors of John Patterson, deceased, plaintiffs, against George W. Patterson and the Safe-Deposit Company of New York, to have free and uninterrupted access to, and egress from, a safe in the vaults of the Safe-Deposit Company of New York. During his life-time, John Patterson, plaintiffs’ testator, and the defendant George W. Patterson, were joint lessees of a safe in the vault of the Safe-Deposit Company of New York. This safe consisted of one of numerous compartments forming a vault upon the company’s premises, to…
1Opinion of the CourtBischoff, J.
The facts-that the defendant the safe-deposit company, by answer, offered to abide by the judgment of the court, and did not appeal from that judgment, enable us to dispose of this appeal upon the sole consideration of the rights of the other parties to this action respecting the use of the safe in the vaults of the safe-deposit company, and the right of access-thereto, freed from any embarrassment which might have arisen if the defendant the safe-deposit company had asserted the right to control the use of the safe and access to the vault upon its premises, against the desires of…
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