Churchill v. Lewis
New York Supreme Court
Trial at circuit. The nature of the action, and the substance of the testimony, appear in the charge of the court, which was as follows:
1Opinion of the CourtVaw Vorst, J.
—Gentlemen : This is the first action of its kind which has been tried in this county. It involves important questions, and the evidence and the case itself demand careful consideration at your hands.
During a portion of the years 1879 and 1880, the plaintiff and her husband were living in the house of Mr. Lewis, on Forty-ninth street. They kept the premises as a boarding-house.
The defendant, a young unmarried woman, was the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, who owned the premises, and had let the same to the plaintiff and her husband, and, with their adopted daughter, boarded with them.…
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