Green v. . Roworth
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the city and county of New York, entered upon an order made December 6, 1886, which modified, and affirmed as modified, a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the city and county of New York, entered upon an order made December 6, 1886, which modified, and affirmed as modified, a judgment in favor of plaintiffs, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. This action was brought originally by William Roworth, among other things, to sét aside two deeds of certain real estate executed by him to his sons, the defendants, Joseph G. and John W. Roworth, on the ground of fraud and undue influence. He having died during the pendency of the action, it was…
1Opinion of the Court
Ruger, Ch. J.
The reversal by the General Term of so much of the judgment of the Special Term as awarded relief to the plaintiffs in respect to the conveyance of personal property, eliminated from the case all questions predicated upon rulings in relation thereto. This determination left the issues in respect to the validity of the conveyances of two parcels of real estate, as the only subjects of controversy on the appeal ■ to this court.
The evidence of the exercise of fraud and undue influence by the defendants, Joseph and John Roworth, in obtaining from their father, William Roworth, deeds…
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