Barnes v. Martin
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Bill by William Barnes and Annie C. Barnes, as executor and.executrix of the last will and testament of Albert Barnes, deceased, against Myra B. Martin, as sole surviving executrix of the last will and testament of Walter S. Logan, deceased.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
Certain oil lands were purchased by the Forward Oil Producing Company subject to prior liens in the nature of a purchase-money mortgage held by complainants’ testator, which the Forward Oil Producing Company agreed to pay. The lands were then conveyed by the latter company subject to these liens to the Sabine Produce & Irrigation Company. The Forward Oil Producing Company was apparently a subsidiary company of the Forward Reduction Company, who. held its stock. This last-named company was adjudicated a bankrupt, and defendant’s testator sent a letter to its…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lawrence v. . FoxNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. v. New York City Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
- Dillon v. BarnardSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Carlisle v. Mercantile Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1901
- Mott v. New York Security & Trust Co.New York Supreme Court · 1899
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