Faure v. Martin
New York Supreme Court
Margaret Faure, the plaintiff, by her son John R. Faure, as her agent, and for her benefit, on the 11th day of September, 1846, entered into an article of agreement under seal, with the defendant, Catharine Martin, of Red Hook, Dutchess county, widow of Jacob Martin, deceased, and general guardian of Beattie Martin, child and sole heir of the said Jacob Martin, in and by which said' Catharine Martin agreed to sell the farm of land in her possession, and whereon she then…
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Margaret Faure, the plaintiff, by her son John R. Faure, as her agent, and for her benefit, on the 11th day of September, 1846, entered into an article of agreement under seal, with the defendant, Catharine Martin, of Red Hook, Dutchess county, widow of Jacob Martin, deceased, and general guardian of Beattie Martin, child and sole heir of the said Jacob Martin, in and by which said' Catharine Martin agreed to sell the farm of land in her possession, and whereon she then resided, and whereof the said Jacob Martin died seised, “ containing ninety-six acres, be the same more or less, for the sum…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Barculo, J.
I. The case turns, mainly, upon the construction which is to be put upon that clause of the agreement by which the defendant agrees to sell to the plaintiff, “ All that certain farm, or lot of land now in her possession, and whereon she resides, and whereof the said Jacob Martin died seised, containing ninety-six acres, be the same more or *399less, for the sum of sixty dollars per acre; to be paid by the said party of the second part in manner and at the time hereinafter mentioned.” The plaintiff’s counsel contends that the sale of the farm was by the acre, and not in…
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