Gorden v. Gorden
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Cross-appeals by the plaintiff, Susan Gorden, and by the defendants, Joseph Gorden and Stephen M. Hoye, as executors and trustees, etc., of William Gorden, deceased, from various portions of a final judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 7th day of March, 1902, upon the report of a referee directing the distribution of the proceeds of sale of real property in an action for dower, with notice of an intention to bring up…
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Cross-appeals by the plaintiff, Susan Gorden, and by the defendants, Joseph Gorden and Stephen M. Hoye, as executors and trustees, etc., of William Gorden, deceased, from various portions of a final judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 7th day of March, 1902, upon the report of a referee directing the distribution of the proceeds of sale of real property in an action for dower, with notice of an intention to bring up for review portions of an interlocutory judgment entered in said clerk’s office on the 19th day of January, 1901. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cübiam :
The decision of the Court of Appeals in Matter of Gorden (172 N. Y. 25, modifying 68 App. Div. 388), to the effect that the widow of William Gorden, having begun this action for the admeasurement of her dower, is not entitled to the provisions made for her benefit by the will, in addition to dower, greatly simplifies the disposition of the. questions arising upon the present appeals.
The plaintiff is dissatisfied with the judgment herein because it follows the interlocutory judgment in making the time for the computation of the damages sustained by the plaintiff for the withholding…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re the Accounting of GordenNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of GordenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- Roessle v. RoessleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914