Delafield v. . Brady
New York Court of Appeals
1 Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made January 8, 1886, which overruled exceptions taken by defendants on the trial, denied a motion for a new trial, and ordered judgment for plaintiffs on the verdict. (Reported below, 38 Hun, 404.) The nature of the action and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEael, J.
This action was brought to recover two lots of land in the city of New York, and upon the trial the court directed the jury to find a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. The lots were, in 1831, the property of Charles Poole, who, with his wife, in July of that year, conveyed them to John Fisher, the father of Mrs. Poole. In February, 1834, Mrs. Poole, in an action against her husband in the Court of Chancery, obtained a decree of separation from him, and in the decree it was ordered, adjudged and decreed that “ the complainant and defendant be separated from bed and board forever; that all…
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