Fisher v. . Bishop
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered upon an order made at the April Term, 1885, which modified and affirmed as modified a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. (Reported below, 36 Hun, 112). The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Huger, Oh. J.
This is an action in equity to procure the surrender and cancellation of a bond and mortgage alleged to have been procured by duress and undue influence exercised by the defendants upon the plaintiff, to that end.
The proof showed that the plaintiff was a farmer, almost seventy years of age, residing in Sidney, and had become much involved as an indorser for his son, who had recently failed in business, and absconded. On the day of his flight, the son had executed to his father a transfer of property for the purpose of securing him, as far as he was able, for the liabilities which…
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