Woolsey v. Lasher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, C. Mcech Woolsey, as executor, etc., of George 0. Woolsey, deceased, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Ulster on the 28th day of March, 1898, upon the dismissal of his complaint by direction of the court after a trial at the Ulster Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Merwin, J.:
On the 3d of September, 1887, George C. Woolsey and Henrietta Yon Beck, guardian of Irving Yon Beck, and Irving Yon Beck as parties of the first part, and the defendant as party of the second part, entered into a lease of certain premises for the term of ten years from October 16, 1887, at the yearly rent of $2,520, payable monthly in advance in equal payments. It was stated in the lease that Woolsey owned one-half the premises and that Henrietta Yon Beck and Irving Yon Beck represented the other half. George 0. Woolsey died on the 15th of April, 1896, leaving a will, in which the…
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