Adams v. . Outhouse
New York Court of Appeals
This is an appeal from the judgment of the late General Term of the Supreme Court of the Seventh judicial district, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon the report of Scott Lord, sole referee.
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This is an appeal from the judgment of the late General Term of the Supreme Court of the Seventh judicial district, affirming a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered upon the report of Scott Lord, sole referee. The action was upon several claims assigned to the plaintiff : one for money loaned to the defendant by one Ira Outhouse ; one for moneys due upon a settlement and account stated for board, use of horse, and other matters growing out of the joint occupation and cultivation of a farm by the defendant and Ira Outhouse; one for a small balance due Ira Outhouse from the defendant for…
1Opinion of the Court
Allen J.
Upon the facts proved by the referee, the claims other than that upon the promise to Ira Outhouse and Mrs. Adams, respectively, upon the occasion of the settlement and distribution of the estate of William Outhouse, were properly allowed.
There was evidence to warrant the findings of fact as to these claims, and this court cannot review the evidence. The legal questions involved in these findings, and the objections to the plaintiff’s right to recover thereon, were properly disposed of by the Supreme Court, and the reasons assigned by Judge Johnson for an affirmance of the judgment of…
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