Leggat v. Leggat
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Motion by the defendant, Marietta Leggat, as executrix, etc., of ¡Richard J. Leggat, deceased, for a new trial upon a case containing exceptions, ordered to be heard at the Appellate Division in the first instance, upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the Kings County Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J.:
The case comes up upon exceptions taken by the defendant and ordered to be heard in the first instance at the Appellate Division. The action was brought to recover a balance upon two promissory notes made in 1892 by the copartnership of Leggat Brothers. The firm consisted of Andrew B. Leggat and Bichard J. Leggat. The latter died in 1899, and this defendant is his executor. The plaintiff alleged that one-half of each note had theretofore been paid by Andrew B. Leggat. She also pleaded that in 1900 she had recovered judgment for the balance of the notes against Andrew B. Leggat, as…
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