Keep v. Keep
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from an order denying a motion to set aside a judgment, entered in the above actions on the report of a referee appointed therein.
1Opinion of the Court
Barnard, P. J.:
The first of these actions is brought to recover for moneys lent, and paid by defendant Lester Keep’s order.
The second action is brought to establish a lien upon lands in Brooklyn. The complaint states that the plaintiff made large expenditures under an agreement with the defendant Lester Keep ; that he, Lester Keep, would devise the lands to plaintiff, by will, at his death. That after the agreement and expenditures thereunder Lester Keep married again, and destroyed a will which he had made to carry out the agreement, and deeded the property to his wife. The deed, in fact,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Larkin v. RobbinsNew York Supreme Court · 1829
- Jackson ex dem. Van Alen & Van Alen v. AmblerNew York Supreme Court · 1817
- Palmer v. . DavisNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Cox v. JaggerNew York Supreme Court · 1824
- Jordan v. HyattNew York Supreme Court · 1848
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