Becker v. McCrea
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Appeal By the -plaintiffs,. 0. Adelbert Becker and another, and. by the defendant, Maggie McOiea, from a judgment of the Supreme . Court in favor of the defendants, Annie Brevoort Eddy and others, entered in -the- office of the clerk of the county of Westchester oil the 6th day óf June, 1905, upon the decision of the.court rendered’ after a trial at the Westchester Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
■ The respondents are-the devisees of Jane B. Eddy, deceased, who in 1877 conveyed the -property involved in this suit toi.one Bernard Spaulding, taking back a purchase-money mortgage. In the same year said-Spaulding conveyed to the defendant McOrea. . In'1878 an' action to foreclose.said mortgage was commenced and prosecuted to judgment, but there was no sale under the judgment.. In 1904 *57said defendant McCrea attempted to convey an undivided eighth part .of said premises to the plaintiff, evidently for the purpose of obtaining an adjudication of title in a partition suit instead…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dunning v. . LeavittNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Demarest v. WynkoopNew York Court of Chancery · 1817
- Trimm v. . MarshNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Howell v. . LeavittNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Townshend v. . ThomsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
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