Hall v. . La France Fire Engine Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered August 17,1896, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant gntered upon a decision of the court dismissing the complaint on trial at Circuit without a jury. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Plaintiff has a good title as heir of his son.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered August 17,1896, affirming a judgment in favor of defendant gntered upon a decision of the court dismissing the complaint on trial at Circuit without a jury. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Plaintiff has a good title as heir of his son. (Heath v. Hewitt, 127 N. Y. 166; Scott v. Guernsey, 48 N. Y. 106; Heard v. Horton, 1 Den. 165; Vannorsdall v. Van Deventer, 51 Barb. 137; Wood v. Taylor, 9 Misc. Rep. 640 ; Van Axte v. Fisher, 117…
1Opinion of the Court
Parker, Ch. J.
This action is in ejectment and relates to lands that the defendant entered into possession of more than a quarter of a century ago under a deed to which this plaintiff and his wife were parties of the first part. Samuel Partridge and wife, who were the father and mother of Anna P. Hall, the plaintiff’s wife, executed and delivered to her a certain deed of the premises in question by which there was conveyed to her a life estate therein, with the remainder to the heirs of her body her surviving; at the time of the delivery of the deed she had one child, who subsequently died,…
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