Harrington v. . Schiller
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 9, 1919, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants, respondents, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at an Equity Term.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered December 9, 1919, affirming a judgment in favor of defendants, respondents, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at an Equity Term. The trial court erroneously excluded the testimony of the defendant Myrna Schiller of conversations between Addie N. Schiller and Calvin Forbes, when the plaintiff executed the deed of the farm, dated January 19, 1909, to Addie N. Schiller. (Ten Eyck v. Whitbeck, 156 N. Y. 341; Whitehead v. Smith, 81 N. Y. 151; Carpenter v. Soule, 88 N. Y.…
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, Ch. J.
The questions presented for our consideration upon this appeal arise in a family controversy concerning the title to and ownership of real estate and the proceeds derived from a sale of part of such real estate. The plaintiff, an aged woman, is the grandmother; Addie Schiller, now deceased, was her daughter; the defendants Myrna Schiller and Gladys Ruth Matheson are daughters of the latter.
Originally the plaintiff held the title to and was the owner of certain real estate. For some reason not clearly disclosed as to the earlier conveyances these premises were. conveyed back and…
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