Van Ness v. Ransom

The plaintiff brings this action on a judgment of this court, dated May 23, 1867, and entered in the office of the clerk of New York county on August 21, 1867, granting her a divorce from her husband, Cornelius Henry Van Ness, and awarding her *180permanent alimony at the rate of $600 a year. The purpose of the action is to recover arrears of alimony from the date of the judgment, May 23, 1867, to June 25, 1911, aggregating $26,400 and interest upon the same, computed with quarter yearly rests from the date when each installment fell due. The defendants are temporary administrators of the estate…