Blood v. Goodrich
New York Supreme Court
This cause was tried in September, 1830, and the plaintiff had a verdict for $4445,75. On the motion of the defendants, a new trial was granted in May term, 1832, see 9 Wendell, 68, et sequitur, where the case is fully stated, and also theopinion of the court set forth, delivered when the new trial was granted.
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This cause was tried in September, 1830, and the plaintiff had a verdict for $4445,75. On the motion of the defendants, a new trial was granted in May term, 1832, see 9 Wendell, 68, et sequitur, where the case is fully stated, and also theopinion of the court set forth, delivered when the new trial was granted. The cause was again tried in December, 1832, when the plaintiff, under the decisions of the circuit judge, submitted to a nonsuit, with leave to apply for a new trial. A case was accordingly made, setting forth the evidence adduced and offered on the second trial, and the same was…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
This cause comes up a second time on a motion for a new trial. The main question now is the same which was presented on the former motion, to wit, whether there was sufficient competent evidence to submit to the jury the question whether all the defendants had executed the contract of December 11, 1828 ; or, in other words, whether there was evidence to justify the jury in finding that Kingsbury executed the contract by virtue of an authority under seal.
*526On the former motion we considered the rule of law to be, that “ an authority to execute a deed must be given by…
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