De Veaux College v. Highlands Land Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts, pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, P. J.:
This is a submission of a controversy upon agreed facts, and the sole question presented thereby relates to the power of the plaintiff, a domestic corporation, to convey certain lands situate in the city of Niagara Falls,-and to give a good title thereto.
It. appears from the .stipulated facts that in the year 1852 one Samuel De Veaux, who resided in what was then the village of Niagara Falls, conceived the idea of founding a benevolent institution for the instruction, training and support of orphan children, and to carry out this design he, in his will, which was executed.on the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stanley v. ColtSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Woodworth v. . PayneNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Erwin v. HurdNew York Supreme Court · 1883
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- Southwick v. . New York Christian Missionary SocietyNew York Court of Appeals · 1914