Van Deventer v. Van Deventer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Stephen W. Van Deventer and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Yates on the 5th day of November, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Yates Special Term.
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Appeal by the defendants, Stephen W. Van Deventer and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Yates on the 5th day of November, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Yates Special Term. On the 17th day of May, 1892, the plaintiff was a single woman capable of entering into a marriage contract, and the defendant Stephen W. Van Deventer was a single man (widower) capable of entering into a marriage contract; and on that day, at Woodstock, Oxford county, Ont., plaintiff alleges a…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
Plaintiff consented to enter into the marriage contract with the defendant Stephen, according to the testimony given in her behalf, prior to the execution of the agreement set out in the complaint. By the terms of that agreement he undertook to, and did, grant and release unto her the parcel of real estate situated on Clinton street, in the village of Penn Yan, and he also undertook to pay to her the sum of -$20,000 at anytime she should demand it, “ after becoming the lawful wife ” of the defendant Stephen.
The scope of the complaint seems to be in the nature of an action for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Murtha v. . CurleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Valentine v. . RichardtNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Bradley v. . AldrichNew York Court of Appeals · 1869
- Davis v. . MorrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Miles v. Dover Furnace Iron Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1891
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