Townsend v. Perry
New York Supreme Court
Action by Frank- B. Townsend against Ezekiel C. Perry and others. Judgment for plaintiff. . The plaintiff in this action seeks to have it established that he isi the owner of lands in Yates county formerly owned by Mary J. Townsend, deceased. The action is brought against her heirs at law and their grantees.
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Action by Frank- B. Townsend against Ezekiel C. Perry and others. Judgment for plaintiff. . The plaintiff in this action seeks to have it established that he isi the owner of lands in Yates county formerly owned by Mary J. Townsend, deceased. The action is brought against her heirs at law and their grantees. The plaintiff claims title by reason of a contract made between his mother, Harriet A. Slaves, and Cyrenius C. Townsend and Mary J. Townsend on January 24, 1862, by which the Townsends agreed to take the plaintiff and give him a good education, and at their death he to have all of their…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
In 1861, plaintiff’s father died in the county of Yates, leaving his widow, Harriet A. Eaves, and four small children; the plaintiff, whose name was Charles Eaves, being the youngest. Plaintiff’s mother was in destitute circumstances, and was obliged to go with her children to the Yates county poorhouse, where she resided for-a considerable time.
Cyrenius C. Townsend and Mary J. Townsend, his wife, were prosperous farmers residing in the town of Jerusalem, Yates county, and having no children. Late in 1861 they applied to the county authorities for a boy, and the county physician took Harriet…
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- Hamlin v. . StevensNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Winne v. . WinneNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Mahaney v. . CarrNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Healy v. HealyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Gates v. GatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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