Brantingham v. Huff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Richmond county. Action by May Thorne Brantingham against Eunice E. Huff individually and as executrix of Joseph Thorne, deceased, and others. From a final judgment of the special term of the supreme court in favor of plaintiff, defendant Huff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHirschberg, J.
The action is brought to compel the specific performance of a contract by which the testator, Joseph Thorne, agreed to give the plaintiff all his property; the contract having been ■entered into on the occasion of the adoption of the plaintiff by him and his wife during the plaintiff’s infancy. The defendants are the representatives of the estate, legatees and devisees, and grantees to ■whom the deceased transferred portions of his property during life, unduly influenced to do so, as the plaintiff alleges. On appeal from the judgment in favor of the defendants dismissing the complaint upon…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Winne v. . WinneNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Healy v. HealyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Healy v. . HealyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Brantingham v. HuffAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Doremus v. DoremusNew York Supreme Court · 1894
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