Bunce v. Gallagher
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In equity. This was a final hearing, on pleadings and proofs, on a bill in equity, filed by Mary E. Bunce, and Francis M. Bunce, her husband, Francis A. Bull, George H. Bull, William W. Bull and Henry K. W. Welch against Jane Ann Gallagher and Michael Smith, to annul and declare void an alleged forged deed, and the record thereof. purporting to convey to the defendant Gallagher the title to a house and two lots of land situated on Staten Island, in the state of New York, and…
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In equity. This was a final hearing, on pleadings and proofs, on a bill in equity, filed by Mary E. Bunce, and Francis M. Bunce, her husband, Francis A. Bull, George H. Bull, William W. Bull and Henry K. W. Welch against Jane Ann Gallagher and Michael Smith, to annul and declare void an alleged forged deed, and the record thereof. purporting to convey to the defendant Gallagher the title to a house and two lots of land situated on Staten Island, in the state of New York, and to remore the cloud which such alleged forged instrument had thrown on the genuine title, and to cancel -an agreement…
1Opinion of the Court
SHIPMAN, District Judge.
Though the objects sought by the bill in this case are simple, the facts and legal questions involved in the controversy are numerous and complicated. A detailed statement of the material facts is, therefore, indispensable to a clear understanding of the points to be decided.
Mary E. Bunce, one of the plaintiffs, is a daughter of the late John W. Bull, of Hartford, Connecticut The latter was, for many years prior to, and at the time of, his death a resident of Hartford. As early as September, 1861, being in poor health, and desirous of relieving himself from the care of…
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