Watkins v. Brown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant,. William. Brown, from a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiff, Edward Watkins, entered on the 2d day of June, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Willard Bartlett, J.:
In this action the plaintiffs, a firm of undertakers, have recovered a judgment for $132 against the defendant for services rendered *194by them and materials furnished in burying his deceased wife,. Annie Brown. At the time of her death Mrs. Brown was living-separate and apart from her husband, and it is undisputed that he had nothing to do with the employment of the plaintiffs. They were employed by a. friend of the deceased woman named Edward Hayes, to whom she had handed a policy of insurance o,n her life, which was payable to her husband as beneficiary, at the same…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Patterson v. . PattersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1875
3Cited by11 opinions
- Apostle v. PappasNew York Supreme Court · 1935
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of StadtmullerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
- In re the Estate of VitelliNew York Surrogate's Court · 1932
- In re the Accounting of KoretzkyNew York Surrogate's Court · 1943
- In re the Estate of BurtNew York Surrogate's Court · 1936
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.