Legal Opinion

Dawley v. Brown

New York Supreme Court

Decided January 25, 1887Published

Appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint entered upon the decision of .the court, on a trial without a jury at the Monroe circuit.

1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.

This is an action of ejectment to recover land situated partly in Menden, Monroe county and partly in West Bloomfield, Ontario county.

The court in substance has found as facts, that the plaintiff on the 15th day of March, 1857, was the owner in fee of the farm in question,"and on that day he and his wife conveyed the same to one Loren Culver, since deceased. The plaintiff at the time being indebted to one Hiram Johnson, Johnson subsequently obtained judgment upon his indebtedness, and on the 8th of December, 1858, commenced an action in the supreme court to set aside the conveyance to Culver…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Chautauque County Bank v. . RisleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
  2. Dawley v. . BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
  3. White's Bk. of Buffalo v. . FarthingNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
  4. Dawley v. BrownNew York Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Walker v. WhiteNew York Supreme Court · 1861

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