Legal Opinion
Brown v. Du Frey
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 27, 1956PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Conway, Ch. J.
Plaintiff instituted this suit in the City Court of the City of New York against defendant, Ernest Paul Du Frey, as executor under the last will and testament of Florence E. Browne, deceased, seeking damages on a cause of action based upon an alleged testamentary libel. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $5,000 and the Appellate Term and the Appellate Division have both affirmed unanimously. The appeal to our court is by leave of the Appellate Division (Civ. Prac. Act, § 589, subd. 1, par. [b]).
Plaintiff married the testatrix in Richmond, Virginia,…
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- Hunt v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
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