Palmer v. Gould
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Monroe county. Action by Charles W. Palmer against Augusta B. Gould, Augustus C. Bowen, and Jennie M. Bowen for the specific performance of a contract to convey land. The complaint was dismissed as to Jennie M. Bowen. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The action was for the specific performance of a contract to convey land, which was signed, on the part of the vendors, by the defendant Augusta B. Gould, for herself, and also in the names of the other two defendants, Augustus C. Bowen and Jennie M. Bowen, as their attorney in fact. The land was owned by Mrs. Gould and Augustus 0. Bowen, who were brother and sister, in undivided shares. Jennie M. Bowen was the wife of Augustus G., and had no interest in the land except her inchoate right of dower. The complaint was dismissed as to her on findings that Mrs. Gould had no authority to sign the…
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