Lynch v. . Pfeiffer
New York Court of Appeals
Appeals from judgments of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon orders made January 8, 1886, which affirmed judgments in favor of Oscar Pfeiffer, the defendant, in the action first above entitled and the plaintiff in the second action.
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Appeals from judgments of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon orders made January 8, 1886, which affirmed judgments in favor of Oscar Pfeiffer, the defendant, in the action first above entitled and the plaintiff in the second action. (Mem. of decision below, 38 Hun, 603.) These were cross actions to compel specific performance of a contract made February 14, 1883, between said Oscar Pfeiffer of the first part and Anthony McReynolds of the second part, whereby in consideration of the sum of $21,400 to be paid, Pfeiffer agreed to sell to…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
• Several objections were made by Lynch and McBey.nolds to the title tendered them by Pfeiffer, and it is proper that the objections should be examined in detail:
(1.) The title to the land comes through mesne conveyances-from the Manhattanville Presbyterian Society, which purchased and took a conveyance of the land in June, 1882. It is objected that that society was not regularly organized, and that it could not, therefore, hold or convey land. It was organized under the act chapter 60 of the Laws of 1813, providing for the formation of religious associations. That act specifies particularly…
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- Champney v. . CoopeNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Madison Avenue Baptist Church v. Baptist Church in Oliver StreetNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
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