Little v. Willets
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgpafent entered-ujioh the report of a referee The action was brought against the defendant, as under-sheriff of Suffolk county, to recover the possession of certain articles of personal property levied on by him under an execution against the property of the plaintiff’s husband, Robert H. Little.
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APPEAL from a judgpafent entered-ujioh the report of a referee The action was brought against the defendant, as under-sheriff of Suffolk county, to recover the possession of certain articles of personal property levied on by him under an execution against the property of the plaintiff’s husband, Robert H. Little. The referee found the following facts: 1. That the plaintiff is, and for more than seventeen years has been, the wife of Eobert H. Little. 2. That for fifteen years previous to and including the year 1865, her said husband was accustomed to give her, each year, a holiday gift, in…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Tappen, J.
The plaintiff* is a married woman, and for a period of fifteen years, previous to, and including the year 1865, her husband had given her holi*128day gifts of money, amounting in the aggregate to about $15,000. These moneys she instructed him to use, as her agent. He did so use and invest them in various stock transactions, and kept a separate account thereof. On a judgment recovered against the husband, the defendant, under-sheriff, made a levy upon a wagon, and other personal property, in June, 1867. This personal property was upon a farm of the plaintiff’s on which the…
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