Keeler v. . Keeler
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third j’udicial department, entered upon an order made November 21, 1882, which affirmed a j'udgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion. This statute is in derogation of the common-law right of the lessee and must be strictly construed. (Doe, ex dem.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third j’udicial department, entered upon an order made November 21, 1882, which affirmed a j'udgment entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion. This statute is in derogation of the common-law right of the lessee and must be strictly construed. (Doe, ex dem. Hitchens, v. Lewis, 1 Burr. 614, 619; Hill v. Barclay, 18 Ves. 60; Woodfall’s Landl. and Ten. [7th ed.] 655, 656; Elliot v. Cronk's Admrs, 13 Wend. 39; Hasbrouck v. Paddock, 1…
1Opinion of the CourtSapallo, J.
This action was brought in August, 1872, for the foreclosure of a mortgage. The complaint alleged that the defendant, Burr Keeler 2d, together with his wife, Jane Keeler, on the 1st of March, 1861, mortgaged to Patience Keeler a farm of fifty acres of land in Delaware county, to secure an indebtedness of $900, with interest. That Patience Keeler assigned this mortgage in December, 1861, to the plaintiff in this action; that default had been made in the payment of the principal and interest of the mortgage; and the plaintiff demanded as relief a foreclosure and sale of the mortgaged premises.…
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