Bliss v. West
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Alicia Maud Bliss against Grace F. West, Grace "V". Bliss, Harriet C. Bliss, and Charlotte Bliss to have set aside three several deeds of trust executed by plaintiff’s husband in his life-time, on the ground that said deeds were made in fraud of plaintiff’s marital rights. There was judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
The plaintiff is the widow of Charles Bliss, who departed this life on the 23d of January, 1889. In September, 1887, he proposed to marry the plaintiff, and represented himself to be the owner of two parcels of land in the city of New York, one of which was known as “435 West Thirtieth Street,” and the other as “235 West Fifty-First Street,” in that city. Both parcels had been improved, but the former was subject to a mortgage securing the payment of the sum of $15,000. The plaintiff accepted this proposal of marriage, and intermarried with him on the 9th of November following. In May, 1887,…
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