Hamer v. . Sidway

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1891-04-14

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Parker, J. The question which provoked the most discussion by counsel on this appeal, and which lies at the foundation of plaintiff’s asserted right of recovery, is whether by virtue of a contract defendant’s testator William E. Story became indebted to his nephew William E. Story, 2d, on his twenty-first birthdaydn the sum of five thousand dollars. The trial court found as a fact th…

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