Miller v. Morton
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Benjamin 0. Miller against Fidelia B. Morton, Jennie M. Cary, and Edward H. Vick, as administrator of Helen M. Vick, deceased. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and defend- . ants appeal. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
John Morton died, intestate, in March, 1883, leaving, him surviving, the defendant Fidelia R. Morton, his widow, the defendant Jennie M. Gary, and Helen M. Vick, the intestate of the defendant administrator, his children and next of kin. In August, 1883, two judgments were entered against Morton, for $219.01 and $374.02 damages and costs, upon verdicts rendered against him prior to his death in favor of one Northrup. Those judgments, through mesne transfers, were assigned to the plaintiff, who brought this action in May, 1894, against the defendants, as the surviving wife and next of kin of…
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- O'Conner v. . GiffordNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
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