White v. Knowles
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial on the minutes.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, P. J.
—The plaintiff’s wife is the defendant’s sister. The defendant’s mother, for a period of years preceding her death, made her home with his sister, Mrs. White. The plaintiff is a farmer, residing in the vicinity of the defendant, where the defendant lived, who is an unmarried man. The defendant was never, in any proper sense of the term, a member of the plaintiff’s family. He made visits to *119the home of the plaintiff, staying a few weeks on some occasion and on others only a few days. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove that the board was supplied under such circumstances that the law…
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- Collyer v. . CollyerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Robinson v. CushmanNew York Supreme Court · 1846
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