Legal Opinion

Lamb v. Lamb

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 1, 1897PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal by the defendants in the first above-entitled action,. Wü- . liam R. Lamb and Benjamin R. , Lamb, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of March, 1897, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a- trial at the Kings Special Term, directing the conveyance of real estate by the defendants to the plaintiff, and for rents of said premises.

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Appeal by the defendants in the first above-entitled action,. Wü- . liam R. Lamb and Benjamin R. , Lamb, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of March, 1897, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a- trial at the Kings Special Term, directing the conveyance of real estate by the defendants to the plaintiff, and for rents of said premises. Also, an appeal by the defendants in the second above-entitled action, William R. Lamb and Benjamin R. Lamb, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in…

1Opinion of the Court

Goodrich, P. J.:

The plaintiff and the defendant Dr. William R. Lamb were married in October, 1893, at Providence, R. I. In Hovember, 1895, they separated, and, at the time of the commencement of this action, in February, 1896, they were living apart from each other. The-plaintiff and her brother, Elwell T. Fisher, inherited from their father, who died in 1891, thirty-four vacant lots at Flatbush, which were valued at about $18,000, and which were subject to the dower right of their mother, Mary A. F. Lamb. The plaintiff purchased her brother’s interest in the lots, and also the dower right of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Wood v. . RabeNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  2. Ryan v. . DoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
  3. Goldsmith v. . GoldsmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  4. Boyd v. . De La MontagnieNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  5. Johnston v. . SpicerNew York Court of Appeals · 1887

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Gallagher v. GallagherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  2. Hunt v. . HuntNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
  3. In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of Bank of JamestownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
  4. Levy v. . Louvre Realty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
  5. In re Irving Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940

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