Ladd v. . Stevenson

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1889-01-29

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Earl, J. The court had the power, in the exercise of its discretion, to set aside the judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff after the first trial, and to permit the three defendants, Stevenson and the Goelets, to appear and answer. Mrs. Stevenson, as the administratrix of "her husband’s estate, was interested to the full amount of plaintiff’s claim, for in case he could enforce…

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