Reading v. Haggin
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Fannie W. Beading against James B. Haggin. Defendant appeals from an interlocutory judgment overruling a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
The plaintiff commenced this action for an accounting by the defendant concerning the management and disposition of lands situated in the state of California. It is stated in the complaint that in July, 1871, she entered into a- contract with him, for a valuable consideration, to make and deliver to him a good and sufficient deed of all her right, title, and interest in and to a tract of land known as the “Beading Ranch,” or so much thereof as would constitute 20,000 acres, and for which he “agreed, among other things, to purchase a certain - mortgage on said estate, known as the ‘Hensley…
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