Govin v. . De Miranda
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, under section 1336 of the Code of Civil Procedure, from a judgment entered upon an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made June 30, 1893, which overruled defendant’s exceptions and -modified judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict ■ directed by the court, by increasing the interest allowed upon the damages from four to six per cent, and as modified affirmed the same.
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Appeal, under section 1336 of the Code of Civil Procedure, from a judgment entered upon an order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made June 30, 1893, which overruled defendant’s exceptions and -modified judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon a verdict ■ directed by the court, by increasing the interest allowed upon the damages from four to six per cent, and as modified affirmed the same. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The plaintiffs cannot maintain any claim to these bonds as a gift inter…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
This action was brought to recover the possession of nineteen bonds of the par value of $1,000 each of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, Iowa division. The facts are undisputed and are as follows: After the death of the testator there was found in a box in a safe at his office a sealed envelope with the following indorsement thereon in Spanish: “ A declaration in favor of Emilia, Felix, Guillermina Govin and Luz Diaz y Sanchez, who lived in 147 E. 39th .street; ” and in the envelope was the following paper written in Spanish which is translated by the defendant as follows:
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