Eckersley v. Curran
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Ellen Eckersley, as administratrix, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the • Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 22d day of January, 1913, denying her petition for an order directing the payment to her of certain moneys held by the State Treasurer.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
Plaintiff’s half-brother, Michael Curran, born in Astoria, N. Y., on December 23, 1834, lived there with his father and stepmother until 1861, when he entered the Federal army, but reappeared at his sister’s home about the fall of 1863 and stated that he had deserted and had been quietly living in the city of New York, and expressed the view that he would not be found as he had enlisted under the name of Richard Rockett. He *441stated that he might re-enlist, and that in that case his sister would certainly be informed of him. After some two weeks at home he disappeared, and nothing…
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