Baker v. . Lorillard
New York Court of Appeals
The bill was filed to compel the defendant to complete the purchase of certain real estate in the- city of Ifew-York, which the plaintiffs as executors of the will of William F. Baker [258] had sold to him at auction, in March, 1845. The sale took place pursuant to an authority contained in the will of William F. Baker, and the premises in question were struck off to the defendant as the highest bidder.
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The bill was filed to compel the defendant to complete the purchase of certain real estate in the- city of Ifew-York, which the plaintiffs as executors of the will of William F. Baker [258] had sold to him at auction, in March, 1845. The sale took place pursuant to an authority contained in the will of William F. Baker, and the premises in question were struck off to the defendant as the highest bidder. He refused to complete the purchase on the ground that the title was defective. The facts on which the question of title depended are these : The premises in question, together with adjoining…
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] It is not pretended that Mrs. Macomb, when her release was executed upon the partition of the premises, had anything more than a life estate in the half of the premises devised to her. But it is insisted that having subsequently become entitled to the remainder in fee, as the heir at law of her only child, and having not only…
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