Legal Opinion
Ga Nun v. Palmer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 14, 1913PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal by the defendant, Mary E. Palmer, individually and as executrix, etc., 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 16th day of September, 1912, upon the decision of the court after a trial at the Westchester Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Burr, J.:
On November 23, 1899, Jane M. Sands, then past seventy years of age, signed a paper writing and delivered the same to Mary F. Ga Nun, the plaintiff in this action. It was in the form following:
“I, Mary F. Ga Nun, do promise to care for Jane M. Sands in sickness and health as long as she lives. I, Jane M. Sands do promise to pay Mary F. Ga Nun Seventy dollars a month for the support of the house and her clothes as long as I live, and at my death she is to have Twenty thousand dollars that she will find in the Safe Deposit in New York and she is to take *88my keys and distribute the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Crawford v. . McCarthyNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Langdon v. . Astor's ExecutorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Ga Nun v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
- Cover v. StemCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1887
- Roquet v. EldridgeIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Estate of HoweCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- In re the Construction of the Will of SeaverNew York Surrogate's Court · 1949
- In Re BurnettNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958
- In re the Accounting of LinesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1945
- Tipple v. TippleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1919