Bridger v. . Weeks
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, affirming a judgment of \ the special term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint, with costs.
1Opinion of the CourtDenio, C. J.
This case was tried before Mr. Justice Brown without a' jury. The plaintiff and the defendant are the grantees of the same person, the plaintiff’s deed being the earliest in date, and the defendant’s the last recorded. The action is brought to set aside the defendant’s deed, or to deprive the defendant of his priority under the recording act, on the ground that he took his conveyance with knowledge of the plaintiff’s deed; and furthermore that he obtained that conveyance by means of a gross fraud practised upon the common grantor. Judge Brown decided against the plaintiff on the ground that…
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