Feltz v. Walker
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Civil action on a bond; brongbt to tbe Superior Court in Fairfield County, and tried to tbe court before Sanford, J. Upon tbe trial it appeared that Edwin L. Brady, tbe obligee of tbe bond, a short time before tbe 29th of May, 1871, bad purchased a tract of land in tbe state of Penn- ^ sylvania, and bad bad it conveyed directly by tbe vendors to Amelia C. Walter, one of the defendants, who was bis sister and tbe wife of tbe defendant Edward S. Walter.
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Civil action on a bond; brongbt to tbe Superior Court in Fairfield County, and tried to tbe court before Sanford, J. Upon tbe trial it appeared that Edwin L. Brady, tbe obligee of tbe bond, a short time before tbe 29th of May, 1871, bad purchased a tract of land in tbe state of Penn- ^ sylvania, and bad bad it conveyed directly by tbe vendors to Amelia C. Walter, one of the defendants, who was bis sister and tbe wife of tbe defendant Edward S. Walter. Tbe defendants were then residing in Brooklyn in tbe state of New York and Brady in Jersey City in tbe state of New Jersey. Tbe defendants bad…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
Prior to May 29th, 1871, Edwin L. Brady, a brother of the defendant, Amelia C. Walker, purchased a piece of land in the state of Pennsylvania and had it conveyed directly from the grantors to Mrs. Walker. This was done as Brady alleged to prevent his wife from having dower in it. On the day above mentioned the defendants at Brady’s request separately executed the bond in suit for the sum of $8,250, together with a mortgage securing the same of the property so conveyed to Mrs. Walker. Until then they had no knowledge of the deed. There was no consideration for the bond except the deed, and the…
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