Leggett v. . Firth
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an; order made June 28, 1889, which reversed a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term, and awarded to the plaintiff the relief demanded in the complaint. Action by the vendor of lands to compel the vendee to perform his agreement to purchase and pay for the same.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered upon an; order made June 28, 1889, which reversed a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term, and awarded to the plaintiff the relief demanded in the complaint. Action by the vendor of lands to compel the vendee to perform his agreement to purchase and pay for the same. December 21, 1888, the parties entered into a contract, in writing and under seal, whereby the plaintiff agreed to sell and the defendant to purchase certain premises in…
1Opinion of the CourtVann, J.
The plaintiff claims title to the premises in question through Ellisheba Flassilard, the widow and devisee of John F. Flassilard, who died in 1857, leaving said widow and three minor children. By his will, written by his own hand and executed August 1, 1856, he bequeathed to each of his children the sum of one dollar, and to his wife, the household furniture and all the rest of his personal property, “ after paying from the same legacies already named, to her forever,” and directed that if the personal property should not be sufficient to pay said legacies, enough real estate should be sold…
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