Matter of Field
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made December 31, 1891, which affirmed an order of Special Term overruling objections to the title tendered to the purchaser under a sale in the above proceedings.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, made December 31, 1891, which affirmed an order of Special Term overruling objections to the title tendered to the purchaser under a sale in the above proceedings. These proceedings were instituted under chapter 276 of the Laws of 1890, “ An act to authorize the sale of certain real property in the city of Mew York, conveyed by John M. Bradhurst and wife to Hickson W. Field, Jr., and Mary Elizabeth Field and others.” Said premises were owned by said John M. Bradhurst in his life-time and he conveyed…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
The title tendered by the vendors was rejected by the vendee for two alleged defects; one founded upon the special act of 1890, which authorized the sale of the interests involved, and the other upon the provisions of the Code regulating the service of a summons upon non-residents.
The premises in question were owned in his life-time by John M. Bradhurst, who' conveyed the same to his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Field, and her husband, Hickson W. Field, Jr., for their natural lives and the life of the survivor, with remainder in fee upon the death of such survivor to their lawful issue, then…
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