Bunyan v. Pearson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by tlie defendants, John 0. Pearson and Mary K. Pearson, by their guardian ad litem, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Otsego on the 27th day of January, 1896, upon the decision of the court confirming the report of a referee, as adjudges and directs that the piece or parcel of land first described in the complaint in this action, and first described in the said judgment, and…
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Appeal by tlie defendants, John 0. Pearson and Mary K. Pearson, by their guardian ad litem, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Otsego on the 27th day of January, 1896, upon the decision of the court confirming the report of a referee, as adjudges and directs that the piece or parcel of land first described in the complaint in this action, and first described in the said judgment, and “ containing thirty-nine acres, one-quarter and nineteen rods of land, exceptiiig and reserving from the above-described…
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
This action was brought by the plaintiff to foreclose two mortgages given by Mary Pearson, John K. Pearson and Mary E. Pearson, his wife. The mortgagors claimed title to the premises in question under the fifth clanse of the will of Isaac Keeling, deceased, which is as follows: “ I give and devise unto my daughter, Mary Pearson, wife of John Pearson, of the town of Roseboom, in the county of Otsego aforesaid, all that certain farm and lot of land, situate in the town of Otsego, on which I now reside, and also the wood lots, and all my real estate wheresoever situated, with the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Moore v. LyonsNew York Supreme Court · 1840
- Phillips v. . DaviesNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Post v. . HoverNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Avery v. . EverettNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Lytle v. . BeveridgeNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
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