Moore v. . Moore
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the first district, where a decree of the late court of chancery, made by the assistant vice-chancellor, in favor of the complainants, had been affirmed. (Reported, in the court of chancery, 4 Sandf.
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Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the first district, where a decree of the late court of chancery, made by the assistant vice-chancellor, in favor of the complainants, had been affirmed. (Reported, in the court of chancery, 4 Sandf. Ch. 37.) This was a bill in equity filed by John L. Moore and others, heirs of Lewis Moore, late of Hackensack, in the state of New Jersey, deceased, against Michael Price Moore, and other heirs of the said decedent, and William B. Aitken, to have the purchase of a house and lot in Eighteenth street, near Fifth avenue, in the city of New York,…
1Opinion of the CourtGardiner, J.
The defendant, M. Price Moore, was the son and agent of Lewis Moore; the father resided in New Jersey, and at the time of the sale hereinafter mentioned, was more than seventy years old, infirm in body and- mind; the son resided in New York, where much of ihe real estate of the father was situated, of which he had the management and control, as a general agent for the owner. Prior to August 1841j the defendant, as the agent of his father, who held a mortgage of $4000 against one Wilkes, took possession of the mortgaged premises, and received the rents, amounting to $250 per annum. The…
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