Brown v. . Snell
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, setting aside an order nonsuiting plaintiff upon trial at circuit, and granting a new trial. This action was brought upon a bond given by the defendant, Balde, as special guardian for plaintiff.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, setting aside an order nonsuiting plaintiff upon trial at circuit, and granting a new trial. This action was brought upon a bond given by the defendant, Balde, as special guardian for plaintiff. Proceedings were instituted under the statute providing for the sale of the real estate of an infant (2' E. S., 174, 175, §§ 170-179); for the sale of the real estate belonging to plaintiff and others, infants, as heirs of Marks Bolts, deceased. The lands in question were situate in Herkimer county, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] When jurisdiction was conferred upon the Court of Chancery, upon the application of the next friend or guardian of an infant seized of real estate, for the sale of the same, the act conferring the jurisdiction declared that the infant, from the time of the application, should be considered a ward of the court; and, for the purposes of the sale and the protection of the interests of the infant, it was made the duty of the court to appoint one or more suitable…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wilcox v. . WilcoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
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- Matter of McDonald v. ColdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Long v. . LongNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- State ex rel. Grubbs v. SchulzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- Strubbe v. Kings County Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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