Moore v. Dennis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Per curiam
We think the court committed reversible error in receiving the testimony of the plaintiff relative to the contents of the deed of the Winter Park property alleged to have been given by Mrs. Dennis to the plaintiff in 1912 or 1913 and that she had showed the deed to others and as to improvements made to said property and other testimony of like import. This testimony involved personal transactions of an indirect nature between the plaintiff and Mrs. Dennis. The testimony was incompetent and inadmissible against the defendant who had derived his title to the property in suit from Mrs. Dennis.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kings County Trust Co. v. HyamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Brayton v. DagerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936