Coutant v. Mason
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Jennie Coutant Mason, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of November, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of November, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also an appeal from said order as resettled by a second order entered in said…
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Appeal by the defendant, Jennie Coutant Mason, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of November, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 29th day of November, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, and also an appeal from said order as resettled by a second order entered in said clerk’s office on the 4th day of January, 1913, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
The plaintiff was married at Wilmington, Del., on April 20, 1909, to Charles A. Coutant, and some months after the marriage came to reside permanently with her husband at 728 St. Nicholas avenue in the city of New York, premises which he had occupied for some years with his former wife down to the time of her death, and thereafter with his daughter, the defendant, and her husband. Mr. Coutant also had a son, Charles A. Coutant, Jr., who resided elsewhere. *576Coutant died June 1, 1910, suddenly and without leaving a will. About July 28, 1910, the plaintiff removed from her late home…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lucas v. BossAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
3Cited by2 opinions
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Intermediate Account of Proceedings of BrownNew York Surrogate's Court · 1927
- Coutant v. . MasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1917