Legal Opinion

Middlebrook v. Travis

New York Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 1893PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Caroline A. Middlebrook against Mary E. Travis, James O. Milts and Virginia H. Mills for partition. Defendants, appeal from an interlocutory judgment of sale and partition.

1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.

Apart from the question of costs, in view of the statement upon the argument, which was not denied, that the premises have been sold for a satisfactory sum, no useful purpose is to be served by interfering with the judgment under which such sale took place. The defendants (appellants) insist, that, having pleaded the pendency of another action, this was fatal to the rendering Of a judgment herein. It-appears that the summons in both actions were served on the same day, and of the 27 parties to both actions only 10 are common to both; the difference in parties resulting from the plaintiff in…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hart v. HartAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
  2. Speed v. Clark, New York County Courts1925

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