White v. . McNett Et Ux.
New York Court of Appeals
The facts in this case will sufficiently appear in the opinion of Beowjst, J., who delivered the prevailing opinion. I. The justice before whom this action was tried, erred in refusing to find that Mrs. McNett had separate property derived from a person other than her husband; that Andrew J. McNett was the agent of Mrs. McNett, and as such sold the mortgages to J. W. White, and as such agent received the check of L. K. Haddock therefor, and obtained the money thereon, and…
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The facts in this case will sufficiently appear in the opinion of Beowjst, J., who delivered the prevailing opinion. I. The justice before whom this action was tried, erred in refusing to find that Mrs. McNett had separate property derived from a person other than her husband; that Andrew J. McNett was the agent of Mrs. McNett, and as such sold the mortgages to J. W. White, and as such agent received the check of L. K. Haddock therefor, and obtained the money thereon, and paid out the same for the benefit of the estate of the said Abby J. McNett; that' the said Abby, at the time of such…
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The defendant Abby McNett, who is the wife of the defendant Andrew J. McNett, was the owner, in her own right, of certain lands in the city of Buffalo, which she sold and conveyed to one Dexter Belden. In payment of a part of the consideration money, Belden executed and delivered to her, five bonds and mortgages, two of which she afterwards sold and assigned to the plaintiff's testator, Joel W. White, by deed of assignment bearing date July 6, 1855, with a…
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