Whiton v. . Snyder
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made November M, 1881, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made November M, 1881, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon the report of a referee. This action was brought by plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Snyder, deceased, to recover possession of various articles of personal property, consisting of articles of wearing apparel, two certificates of deposit payable to her order, with interest at the rate of four per cent after the first year, also a carriage, a clock and a cabinet picture.…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The title to certain personal property is here in dispute between the representatives of the husband and wife respectively, and depends so largely upon the presumptions with which we approach the facts, as to compel their consideration and settlement at the outset of the inquiry. The property in dispute consisted of two certificates of deposit for $2,300, payable to Elizabeth Snyder, the wife; a carriage; an old clock; three articles of the wife’s wearing apparel; and a cabinet picture of herself. At the date of her death all these things were in her possession, but whether as her sole and…
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