Belmont v. Ponvert
The Superior Court of New York City
Motion "by the plaintiff to vacate and set aside the judgment entered in this action; to amend the complaint; and for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtBarbour, J.
This is an action brought to enforce the specific performance of an agreement, whereby the defendant, (with another, his partner,) undertook to conduct and prose-mute a suit or suits, brought or to be brought, to establish the title of a judgment debtor to certain lands which had been sold on execution and purchased for the benefit of the defendant’s firm, and, if successful, to pay to the plaintiff, in a speci- • fied order of precedence, out of the proceeds of such lands, the amount of two judgments held by him; and by which agreement, the plaintiff undertook and agreed to pay one half…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jenkins v. WildCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1835
- Swarthout v. . CurtisNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
- Tompkins v. . HyattNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Dickenson v. CodwiseNew York Court of Chancery · 1844
- Williamson v. FieldNew York Court of Chancery · 1847
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- Ansonia Brass Co. v. ConnerNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1881
- Brinkley v. BrinkleyNew York Supreme Court · 1874
- Hascall v. KingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900