Miscellaneous Reports. Cases Decided in the Courts of Record of the State of New York Other Than the Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Volume 97New York (State). Courts, Francis Blaine Delehanty, Austin B. Griffin, Edward Jordan Dimock, Robert George Scherer, Joseph Albert Lawson, William Van Rensselaer Erving, Louis J. Rezzemini, Charles Cook Lester Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1917 - Law reports, digests, etc "Cases decided in the courts of record of the state of New York, other than the Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, including the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court for the hearing of appeals from the City Court of the city of New York and the Municipal Court of the city of New York; special terms and trial terms of the Supreme Court, City Court of the city of New York, the Court of general sessions of the peace in and for the city and county of New York, county courts, and the Surrogates' Courts." (varies slightly) |
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Page 602 - A valuable consideration in the sense of the law may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other.
Page 551 - ... 1. It shall be subscribed by the testator at the end of the wilL 2. Such subscription shall be made by the testator in the presence of each of the attesting witnesses, or shall be acknowledged by him, to have been so made, to each of the attesting witnesses. 3. The testator, at the time of making such subscription, or at the time of acknowledging the same, shall declare the instrument so subscribed, to be his last will and testament. 4. There shall be at least two attesting witnesses, each of...
Page 594 - The confirmation of a composition shall discharge the bankrupt from his debts, other than those agreed to be paid by the terms of the composition and those not affected by a discharge.
Page 697 - ... may be shown to have been conditional, or for a special purpose only, and not for the purpose of transferring the property in the instrument.
Page 139 - Void marriages. A marriage is absolutely void if contracted by a person whose husband or wife by a former marriage is living, unless either: 1. Such former marriage has been annulled or has been dissolved for a cause other than the adultery of such person ; 2. Such former husband or wife has been finally sentenced to imprisonment for life; 3. Such former husband or wife has absented himself or herself for five successive years then last past without being known to such person to be living during...
Page 551 - Every last will and testament of real or personal property, or both, shall be executed and attested in the following manner : 1. It shall be subscribed by the testator at the end of the wilL 2. Such subscription shall be made by the testator in the presence of each of the attesting witnesses, or shall be acknowledged by him, to have been so made, to each of the attesting witnesses. 3. The testator, at the time of making such subscription, or at the time of acknowledging the same, shall...
Page 628 - In order, however, that any such instrument, when completed, may be enforced against any person who became a party thereto prior to its completion, it must be filled up strictly in accordance with the authority given and within a reasonable time...
Page 454 - Where it shall appear that there has been an actual continued occupation of premises, under a claim of title, exclusive of any other right, but not founded upon a written instrument, or a judgment or decree, the premises so actually occupied and no other, shall be deemed to have been held adversely.
Page 42 - ... recorded shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration of the same real estate or any portion thereof whose conveyance shall be first duly recorded.
Page 140 - ... 3. That one of the parties was an idiot or a lunatic. 4. That the consent of one of the parties was obtained by force, duress, or fraud 5.