Webster v. Clark
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Georgianna F. Webster against Lemuel B. Clark, who died before entry of judgment, and Mary J. Clark, his executrix, was substituted in his place. From a final judgment for plaintiff, entéred on an interlocutory judgment, and on the report of a referee, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFollett, J.
This action was begun June 5, 1885, to compel defendant’s testator, Lemuel B. Clark, to account for rents received from two houses on Seventy-Fourth street, one on Seventy-Ninth street, and a tract of land 135 feet wide, bounded on the north by Eighty-Sixth street, and on the south by Eighty-Fifth street, to which property the plaintiff' once held the legal title. The defendant’s testator was an attorney at law, and the attorney for the plaintiff in certain litigations concerning the title to this property. January 9, 1874, the plaintiff conveyed the two houses on Seventy-Fourth street to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lavalle v. . SkellyNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Richards v. BriceNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1889