Legal Opinion

Hope v. Shevill

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 31, 1910PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Separate appeals by the plaintiff, Sarah Emilio Hope, and the ' defendant, James Benjamin Orie Shevill, from parts of a judgment of the Supreme Court, entered in the office of the cleric of the county of Kings on the 26th day of February, 1909, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term.

1Opinion of the Court

Thomas, J.:

Hope, plaintiff, Shevill, defendant appellant, and three others, their brothers, on February 7, 1875, took by descent from their mother a piece of land in Brooklyn, subject to the tenancy by the curtesy of their father, Benjamin Shevill. May 1, 1874, their mother and father mortgaged the land to one Hoople for $4,000. On June 27, 1885, Hoople, assignee of the mortgage, began foreclosure by. action, and judgment was rendered July 14, 1886, whereon sale was made September 15, 1886, to Hoople, who conveyed March 29, 1892, to defendant Seaman, by deed recorded April 1, 1892, who, on…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Harshey v. BlackmarrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
  2. Washbon v. . CopeNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
  3. Jackson ex dem. Swartwout v. JohnsonNew York Supreme Court · 1825
  4. Gindrat v. Western RailwaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
  5. Jackson ex dem. Hardenbergh v. SchoonmakerNew York Supreme Court · 1809

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Whiteman v. TaberSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919
  2. Leahy v. HardyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1929
  3. Raymond v. FogartyNew York Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Ridley v. SudbrinkAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1918
  5. Lackomowitz v. BatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916

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