Faure v. . Martin
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the second district, where a judgment of nonsuit had been affirmed.
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Appeal from the general term of the Supreme Court, in the second district, where a judgment of nonsuit had been affirmed. (Reported below, 13 Barb. 394.) This was an equitable action to stay the foreclosure of a mortgage given by the plaintiff for a balance of the consideration-money of a farm purchased from the defendant, as special guardian of Beattie Martin, an infant, on the ground of a mistake in the quantity of land upon which the price was computed. *On the 11th September 1846, Catharine Mar- _ vin, the defendant, who was the widow of Jacob 1 Martin, deceased, and general guardian of…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] The only question presented in this cause is upon the construction of the agreement of the eleventh of September, 1846, made by the parties for the sale and purchase of the premises mentioned in the pleadings. The land is there described as "all that certain farm or lot of land now in her (the defendant's) possession, and whereon…
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