Baker v. Moore
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Susan Baker, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Warren on the 28th day of December, 1894, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Putnam, J.:
The plaintiff and Abel Scripture, deceased, the defendant’s testator, in the year 1865 entered into a contract to purchase lots 3 and 5, range 9, Dartmouth patent, great tract, situate in Warren county, N. T. The plaintiff desired lot 3 for “ the bark on it,” but did not wish to buy lot 5, which was “ a spruce lot.” It was finally agreed that Scripture should purchase the two lots for $1,500, taking a deed *236to liimself and the plaintiff, she to furnish one-half of the purchase price. Pursuant to such arrangement, in December,-1865, plaintiff advanced to Scripture $300, and in the…
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