Van Ness v. . Ransom
New York Court of Appeals
Motion for substitution of parties.
1Opinion of the CourtOuddebaok, J.
The plaintiff in this action died in January, 1915, after the determination of the appeal at the Appellate Division, and this is a motion to substitute in her place and stead as plaintiff the executor of her last will and testament. The motion is opposed upon the ground that the cause of action did not survive the plaintii|’s death.
The plaintiff, Deborah Van Ness, and the defendant’s intestate, Cornelius Henry Van Ness, were husband and wife, and they were divorced by a decree of the Supreme Court entered on May 23, 1867. The decree of divorce provided that the defendant, as a suitable…
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