Yeoman v. Townshend
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Hew York county. Action by Anthony Yeoman and others against John Townshend and others to declare a trust in certain land. The complaint was dismissed, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The complaint alleges that in 1865, John Townshend, then and still an attorney and counselor at law, approached one Anthony Yeoman, now deceased, and informed him that by reason of his relations to persons who had an interest in four lots of land at Eightieth street and Eleventh avenue he was possessed of certain rights therein, and requested to be intrusted to bring a suit in partition to settle the rights of the different parties, which request was acceded to, and a partition suit subsequently commenced. It is further alleged that upon a sale in such partition suit, although the property…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fulton v. . WhitneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
3Cited by14 opinions
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- Chorrmann v. BachmannAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
- Hart v. GoadbyNew York Supreme Court · 1911
- Smith v. HamiltonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
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