Ring v. Ring
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Patrick J. Bing, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 31st day of July,. 1907, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Westchester Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Rich, J.:
This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff canceling and declaring void a deed executed ■ by the plaintiff prior to her marriage to the defendant, vesting.in the parties as tenants by the entirety certain lands in the city of Mount Vernon, on the ground that its execution was procured by defendant by duress and undue influence.
Underlying appellant’s contention is the general rule that a party seeking to avoid a conveyance or contract on the ground of fraud, duress dr imdue' influence, must -restore the other party to the same position he occupied before the conveyance…
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- Masson v. BovetCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Hammond v. . PennockNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Pierce v. . PierceNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Martin v. New Rochelle Water Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Rexford v. RexfordNew York Supreme Court · 1872
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