Stephens v. Crawford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Elizabeth S. Stephens, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 2d day of October, 1923, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Trial Term, dismissing the supplemental and amended complaint upon the merits, a jury having been waived at the close of the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Kapper, J.:
The action was originally brought against George R. Crawford, who died after service of the summons and complaint and before joinder of issue. The action was then continued against the present defendant, as executor. Plaintiff seeks to recover the value of 1,000 shares of stock of the Westchester Fire Insurance Company which she .claims she loaned to the decedent. The complaint alleges that the plaintiff was and is the owner and entitled to the immediate possession of said 1,000 shares of stock; that on or about January 15, 1899, or prior thereto, a certificate or certificates for…
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