Hoag v. Wright
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term. Action by James H. Hoag against Edward Wright and Montrose ©hurchill, as executors under the last will and testament of Hester Hoag, deceased. From a judgment in fayor of defendants entered on the verdict of a jury, and an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
There is only one question necessary to be considered upon this appeal, and that is the admission of certain letters over the objection of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was a son and! only heir of the late Hester Hoag, and the action was brought on two promissory notes made by the said Hester Hoag to the order ®f the plaintiff. One of these notes was dated at Yonkers on the 13th of November, 1894, payable on demand, for $4,000; and the other bore date of Amawalk, October 15, 1890, and was payable on demand, for the sum of $2,000. The defense denied, on information and belief, that the said…
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