New York Court of Appeals, 1866

237 opinions

William F. Nesbit, Administrator, and Ann Nesbit, Administratrix, with will annexed, of Mary Smith, Appellants, v. Jacob K. Lockman and others, Respondents 1866-01
William S. Gilchrist and others, v. Silas Comfort 1866-01
John Magee, Respondent, v. Harvey P. Badger and Hiram Potter, Appellants 1866-01
Peter La Beau, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1866-01
Ann M. Clapp, Respondent, v. Eliza Fullerton, Appellant 1866-01
Henry Van Dyke, Appellant, v. John V. D. Emmons, Executor, &c., Respondent 1866-01
Hannah Rundle, Respondent, v. George S. Allison and James Marsh, Executors, &c., of Eli Gurnee, deceased, Appellants 1866-01
Moses Merrick and another, Respondents, v. Alfred Van Santvoord, Executor of Abraham Van Santvoord and Leonard W. Brainard, Appellant 1866-01
Malcom G. McNaughton and others, Appellants, v. John McNaughton, Executor of Isaac Getty, deceased, Respondent 1866-01
John M. Pickett, Appellant, v. Clara Leonard, Administratrix of Darius W. King, deceased, survivor, Respondent 1866-01
Simeon Rouse, Appellant, v. Ebenezer E. Lewis, Respondent 1866-01
Amedee Boisaubin and others, Respondents, v. Lauren H. Reed, Appellant 1866-01
Thomas H. Bentley, Respondent, v. Norman Smith, Appellant 1866-01
Eliza Sheehan, Appellant, v. Robert Hamilton, Respondent 1866-01
The People, etc., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Roger Lamb, Defendant in Error 1866-01
Solomon Deck, Appellant, v. Nelson Johnson and Lauraette, his wife, Respondents 1866-01
William Harris, Respondent, v. Isaac Rathbun, Appellant 1866-01
Charles H. Green, Appellant, v. The Hudson River Railroad Company, Respondents 1866-01
The People of the State of New York, Respondents, v. The Waterford and Stillwater Turnpike Company, Appellants 1866-01
Daniel W. Stockwell and another v. Owen D. Phelps 1866-03
In the Matter of The Petition of Mortimer Livingston and Henry W. Livingston, Infants, by John Livingston, their Guardian, for the removal of Daniel C. Birdsall from the office of Trustee under the Trust Deed of William Winter 1866-03
James W. Savage, Receiver, &c., Respondent, v. George Murphy and others, Appellants 1866-03
Daniel T. Youngs, Appellant, v. Balthazar de Benoit Stahelin, Respondent 1866-03
Frederick A. Petersen v. Edmund G. Rawson 1866-03
William F. Bascom and others, Appellants, v. Caroline B. Albertson and others, Respondents 1866-03
William S. Rogers and Wife v. John McLean and others 1866-03
Oliver Bascom et al., Respondents, v. Lewis E. Smith, Appellant 1866-03
William P. Hight, Respondent, v. Catharine T. Sackett, and others, Appellants 1866-03
Sophronia Gage, Appellant, v. John Dauchy and William L. Beekman, Respondents 1866-03
Joel B. Farnham and Wife, Appellants, v. Anthony F. Campbell, impleaded with others, Respondents 1866-03
Metropolitan Board of Excise v. John Barrie; Same v. John F. Currier; John Barrie v. Jackson S. Schultz; William Burke v. Jackson S. Schultz; People ex rel. Joseph M. Ketchum v. James H. Cornwell 1866-03
Patrick Gibney, Administrator of Michael Murphy, deceased, v. John M. Marchay 1866-03
The Bridgeport Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Thomas Wilson, James E. Goll, Henry R. Wilson and Henry Brewster, Respondents 1866-03
The Richmondville Union Seminary, &c., Respondent, v. John McDonald, Jr., Appellant 1866-03
Datis E Streever, Respondent, v. The Bank of Fort Edward, Appellant 1866-03
Thomas Bedell and another, Respondents, v. George W. Chase, Appellant 1866-03
Marmaduke Wood, Executor of Porter Wood, deceased, Respondent, v. Pardon S. Brown, his co-executor, Appellant 1866-03
Fanny Bradner, Appellant, v. James Faulkner, Respondent 1866-03
Millen H. Robinson, Respondent, v. Calvin T. Chamberlain, Appellant 1866-03
Ira Roth, Appellant, v. The Buffalo and State Line Railroad Company, Respondent 1866-03
The People v. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Livingston 1866-03
The People ex rel. Abraham P. Lefever, Appellants, v. The Board of Supervisors of Ulster County, Respondents 1866-03
In re The Petition of William W. Reeve, Receiver of the New York and Erie Insurance Company 1866-03
Charles Willis, Respondent, v. The Long Island Railroad Company, Appellant 1866-03
Elizabeth McDonald, Administratrix of James McDonald, deceased, v. The Western Railroad Corporation 1866-03
The Bank of Beloit, Respondent, v. George W. Beale et al., Appellants 1866-03
Priscilla Brown, Appellant, v. The New York Central Railroad Company, Respondent 1866-03
Ann Haviland, Respondent, v. David P. Halstead, Appellant 1866-03
Freeman Clarke v. The City of Rochester 1866-03
Rockwell N. Rogers, Appellant, v. John Weir, Respondent 1866-03
Owen Churchman v. William Lewis and others 1866-03
Harriet Hall, Executrix, &c., and others, Appellants, v. The Western Transportation Company, Respondents 1866-03
Drusilla Burt, Executrix, &c., Respondent, v. John Dutcher, Appellant 1866-03
Merrill Coburn, Respondent, v. Washington Wheelock, Administrator, &c., of Orlin Wheelock, deceased, Appellant 1866-03
Frost, Respondent, v. Mott, Appellant; Clapp, Respondent, v. Same 1866-03
James H. Thomas, Plaintiff in error, v. The People, Defendants in error 1866-03
Timothy H. Furniss, Appellant, v. John Ferguson and others, Respondents 1866-03
Johnson Little, Commissioner of Highways, Appellant, v. Alfred Denn, Respondent 1866-03
Chauncey W. Moore and others, v. Charles Goedel and Richard Arntz 1866-03
Benjamin F. Buck, Appellant, v. George Remsen, Sheriff, Respondent 1866-03
Robert Higgins et al., Appellants, v. George Moore, Respondent 1866-03
Michael Ryan and Thomas Nevins, Appellants, v. John L. Dox, Respondent 1866-03
Peter V. King et al. v. Dennis Harris et al. 1866-03
Daniel B. Marsh et al., Appellants, v. Philomela R. Benson et al., Respondents 1866-03
Alexander McAndrew and another, Respondents, v. John Radway, Jr., Appellant 1866-03
John C. Smith v. Chauncey Rowley, Exr, &c., of Denman Rowley, deceased 1866-03
Andrew Passinger, Respondent, v. William Thorburn, Appellant 1866-03
John Beisiegel, Appellant, v. The New York Central Railroad Company, Respondent 1866-03
Zera Bradley v. The Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad Company 1866-03
Sanford Gardner Respondent, v. Hiram W. Barden, Appellant 1866-03
Peter Rodes, Respondent, v. Frederick Bronson, Executor, &c., Appellant 1866-03
The People, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Jose Gonzalez T. Fernandez, Defendant in Error 1866-03
Joel N. Hayes, Appellant, v. John S. Heyer and others, Respondents 1866-03
Matilda Oxley, Respondent, v. Hiram C. Lane and others, Appellants 1866-03
James Myers, Appellant, v. James L. Burns, Respondent 1866-03
Morgan Kerr, Appellant v. William Hays, Respondent 1866-03
Henry Robertson and others, Respondents, v. Isaac Knapp and others, Appellants 1866-03
Cynthia Sheldon and Anna Maria Anable, Respondents, v. Henry Edwards, Appellant 1866-03
Albert J. Rockwell and another, Executors of David M. Hard, deceased, Appellants, v. William B. Nearing, Respondent 1866-03
The Board of Commissioners of Excise of Delaware County, Respondent, v. Daniel W. Sackrider, Appellant 1866-03
Andrew Barhyte v. Sylvenus Shepherd and Alfred Vose 1866-03
James McGregor, Jr., Executor, &c., of James McGregor, deceased, v. Duncan McGregor and others 1866-03
In the Matter of the Application of Frank Ferris for a Writ of Error 1866-03
Eliakim Reed, Respondent, v. Bushrod W. Farr, Appellant 1866-03
Henry Millard, Respondent, v. Edward Brown, Appellant 1866-03
John Chadwick &c., Respondent, v. Moses C. Crapsey, Appellant 1866-03
William Hoge and others v. Killian V. K. Lansing 1866-03
Frederick A. Lawrence and others, Appellants, v. The Bank of the Republic, Respondent 1866-03
George H. Renaud and others, Appellants, v. Michael OBrien and others, Respondents 1866-03
The Fire Department of the City of New York, Appellant, v. Daniel Buhler, Respondent 1866-03
Jesse C. Easton v. Charles S. Clark 1866-03
Francis Ferris, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, &c., Defendants in Error 1866-03
Peter Boehen and Magdelina Boehen, Respondents, v. The Williamsburgh City Insurance Company, Appellant 1866-03
Dewitt C. Thomas, late Sheriff, &c., Respondent, v. Chester Hubbell and others, Appellants 1866-03
Malcolm Campbell, Receiver, &c., v. Mary E. Foster, Anthony Hoguet and Andrew C. Getty, Trustees, &c., of Mary E. Foster 1866-03
Arthur Du Bois and others, Respondents, v. Robert Ray and others, Appellants 1866-03
Alexander Annett, Administrator, &c., of John Strahan, deceased, Appellant, v. Charles M. Terry, impleaded, &c., Respondent 1866-03
Martha Ernst, Executrix of Henry Ernst, Appellant, v. The Hudson River Railroad Co., Respondent 1866-03
Henry Van Guysling and Catharine Furman, Appellants, v. James Van Kuren and others, Respondents 1866-03
Mary Mahler, Admistratrix of John Mahler, deceased, Appellant, v. The Norwich and New York Transportation Company, Respondent 1866-03
The Belmont Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, Appellant, v. Wm. Hoge and Thos. S. Hoge, Respondents 1866-03
Dwight Spencer, Respondent, v. Sarah Barnett and Symmes Gardner, Appellants 1866-03
Ezra R. Hall, Respondent, v. John S. Sampson, Appellant 1866-03
Ithamer P. Smith and others v. Ebenezer Bowen and Martha Bowen, his Wife 1866-03
Theodore Smith, Appellant, v. Wm. Sweeny, Respondent 1866-03
Ezra Spaulding and another, Appellants, v. David Hallenbeck and another, Respondents 1866-03
James D. Foster, Superintendent of the Poor of Fulton County, Appellant, v. George Cronkhite and others, Superintendents of the Poor of Warren County, Respondents 1866-03
Micah White, Respondent, v. Alexander Calder, Appellant 1866-03
Elizabeth Mackay, Administratrix, &c., Respondent, v. The New York Central Railroad Company, Appellant 1866-03
Stephen Duffy, Respondent, v. Fleming Duncan and George Logan, Appellants 1866-03
Mayer Stern, Respondent, v. Mary M. OConnell, Administratrix, &c., of Richard OConnell, deceased, Appellant 1866-03
William M. Baldwin et. al., Appellants, v. The Mayor, etc., of New York, Respondents 1866-03
Amos Robbins and Eli Robbins, Respondents, v. Stephen D. Dillaye and Henry A. Dillaye, Appellants; The Same, Respondents, v. Henry A. Dillaye, Stephen D. Dillaye and Frederick C. Dillaye, Appellants 1866-03
Sylvanus Merritt v. Isaac Carpenter and Smith Reynolds 1866-03
E. V. Haughwout, President, and Charles L. Tiffany, Treasurer, of the Broadway Association, Respondents, v. The Mayor, etc., of the City of New York, Appellants 1866-03
George T. Cookingham v. Hannah Lasher, Admx. of Abraham Lasher, deceased 1866-03
Harriet M. Locke, Administratrix, &c., of Ira Locke deceased, Respondent, v. Truman G. Mabbett and Catharine M. Williams, Appellants 1866-03
John Wilmot and others, Appellants, v. Thomas Richardson and others, Respondents 1866-03
Bernard Friery, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1866-03
George G. Freer and others, Appellants, v. Abraham Stotenbur, Respondent 1866-03
Abraham G. Thompson, Administrator, &c., Respondent. v. John Bennett, Appellant 1866-03
Henry Johnson, Respondent, v. Henry H. Hathorn, Executor of Rowland P. Cooley, deceased, Appellant 1866-03
William Williams v. William O. Brown 1866-03
Moses G. Lamoreaux v. Michael ORourke and Hiram H. Wetherwax 1866-03
Marie A. Wolfe v. Gustavus A. Scroggs, Sheriff, &c. 1866-03
John Fitch v. Sarah Gardenier, Executrix of John A. Gardenier 1866-03
The People, &c., ex rel. Robert L. Kennedy and others, Appellants, v. The Commissioners of Taxes, &c., Respondents; and ten other cases 1866-06
James J. Baldwin, Appellant, v. The City of Buffalo, Respondent 1866-06
Phebe Case and Ann Bates, Survivors, &c., Appellants, v. John M. Carroll, Respondent 1866-06
George Wagner v. The People 1866-06
John Mosher and others, Respondents, v. Leman B. Hotchkiss, Appellant 1866-06
Louis F. Therasson and John A. Bryan v. Geoege F. Peterson and George S. Humphrey 1866-06
William L. Rowan, Respondent, v. Charles Kelsey and others, Appellants 1866-06
Henry Erben, Respondent, v. Peter Lorillard, Appellant 1866-06
George M. Griggs, et al., Respondent, v. Otis B. Howe, et al., Appellants 1866-06
James H. Van Alen, Respondent, v. The Illinois Central Railboad Company, Appellant 1866-06
George Byrd and Alvah Hall v. Harvey Hall 1866-06
James Bunten v. The Orient Mutual Insurance Company 1866-06
Calvin Hotchkiss et al v. The Artisans Bank 1866-06
Mary OHara, Appellant, v. Cornelius Dever and others, Respondents 1866-06
William B. Chamberlin, Appellant, v. Horace Prior and Henry Prior, Executors of Henry Prior, deceased, Respondents 1866-06
Jerusha B. Goodyear v. James Bishop and others 1866-06
George C. Woolsey, Respondent, v. The Trustees of the Village of Rondout, Appellants 1866-06
James H. Heroy, and others, Respondents, v. John Kerr, Appellant 1866-06
Jeremiah Davy v. Seth H. Field, late Sheriff of Otsego county 1866-06
Wallace Johnson, Respondent, v. Henry Monell, impleaded, etc., Appellant 1866-06
Charles Kelsey . v. William L. Rowan 1866-06
Benoni Lee, Executor, &c., of Caleb N. Potter, deceased, Respondent, v. Demetrius M. Chadsey and James R. Craig, Appellants 1866-06
Isaac Boyer, Respondent, v. Uri Schofield, Appellant 1866-06
The Weedsport Bark, Appellant v. The Park Bank, Respondent 1866-06
Horace Prior and another, Executors of Henry Prior, deceased, v. Gibson F. Williams, Harriet H. Chamberlain and William B. Chamberlain 1866-06
Lawrence Burke, Respondent, v. Theodore P. Nichols, Appellant 1866-06
John Ostrander v. Lewis D. Fay 1866-06
Henri Nourry, Respondent, v. Samuel Lord, impleaded with James S. Taylor, Appellant 1866-06
Chester M. Clark, Receiver of, etc., William Sherman, v. William N. Brockway 1866-06
John Munroe and others, Respondents, v. Lion Guilleaume, Appellant 1866-06
The People ex rel. Alexander Van Rensselaer and others, Commissioners of Highways of the town of Claverack, Appellants, v. James Van Alstyne and others, Referees, Respondents 1866-06
James Bloomer, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, etc., Defendants in Error 1866-06
William Hamilton, Respondent, v. Enos Ganyard, Appellant 1866-06
Bernhard Baltes, Respondent, v. Adolph Ripp and Joseph Ochsler, Appellants 1866-06
The New York and New Haven Railroad Company, Respondents, v. Morris Ketchum and Edward Bement, Survivors, etc., Appellants 1866-06
August Rolker and others, Appellants, v. The Great Western Insurance Company 1866-06
Henry H. Morange, Respondent, v. Peter Morris, Appellant 1866-06
Charles H. Mills, Respondent, v. Cornelius Garrison, Appellant 1866-06
Amos Bronson, Receiver, etc., Respondent, v. Daniel M. Tuthill et al., Appellants 1866-06
Eugene Hollywood, Plaintiff in Error, v. The People, Defendants in Error 1866-06
Susan A. Brooks, Respondent, v. Oliver Van Every, Appellant 1866-06
Ethan R. Pratt, Respondent, v. Demas Strong, Appellant 1866-06
George Parish, Appellant, v. Patrick Golden and others, Respondents 1866-09
Jesse Sammis, Appellant, v. Hugh McLaughlin, Respondent 1866-09
Nathan Marco and Samuel Marco, Appellants, v. The Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company, Respondents 1866-09
The Mechanics Banking Association, Respondent, v. The New York and Saugerties White Lead Company, Appellant 1866-09
Louis Guillander v. James Howell et al. 1866-09
The People, ex rel. Peter Cunningham and Sixty-two other Citizens of Utica, Respondents, v. Isaac Roper and others, Assessors of the City of Utica, Appellants 1866-09
William P. Van Rensselaer, Respondent, v. Benjamin G. Dennison, Appellant 1866-09
Mary Hoag and others, Appellants, v. Cyrus Hoag and others, Respondents 1866-09
Buffalo City Bank, Appellant, v. Howard, impleaded, &c., Respondent 1866-09
Timothy Casler and Lodowick Casler, Respondents, v. Oliver N. Shipman and James W. Shipman, Appellants 1866-09
John Schultz and others, Appellants, v. William Schultz and others, Respondents 1866-09
Isabella Draper, Respondent, v. Joseph Stouvenel, Appellant 1866-09
Lawrence Clark v. The Union Ferry Co. of Brooklyn 1866-09
James G. Shepard, Respondent, v. The Buffalo, New York and Erie Railroad Company, Appellant 1866-09
Dennis McMahon, Assignee of Charles T. Harrison, v. Thomas E. Allen 1866-09
Daniel Owen et al., Appellants, v. The Hudson River Railroad Company, Respondents 1866-09
The People of the State of New York, Appellants, v. James D. Ames, Sheriff of Niagara County, Respondent 1866-09
William Chamberlain, Executor of Christian Stamler, deceased, v. Young Choles and others 1866-09
Cornelius Bentley v. George W. Vanderheyden 1866-09
David Ogden, Respondent, v. The New York Mutual Insurance Company, Appellants 1866-09
James Morgan and others, Respondents, v. Edward King and others, Appellants 1866-09
Julia G. Tyler, Respondent, v. David L. Gardiner, Appellant 1866-09
The Merchants Bank of New Haven, Appellants, v. George Bliss and others, Respondents 1866-09
The People, on the relation of The Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company, Respondent, v. Peter H. Mitchell and others, Commissioners, Appellants 1866-09
Daniel Pixley, Appellant, v. Ralph Clark et al., Respondents 1866-09
Zenas S. Crane, Respondent, v. Roderick Price, impleaded, &c., Appellant 1866-09
Robert Lovett, Executor, &c., Respondent, v. Augusta Gillender et al., Appellants 1866-09
The People, ex rel. John McConvill, &c., Respondents, v. Isaac Hills, Appellant 1866-09
Jared D. Matteson, Respondent, v. The New York Central Railroad Company, Appellants 1866-09
Albert Priest, Respondent, v. Rodman M. Price, Appellant 1866-09
Henry Johnson, Respondent, v. Henry H. Hathorn, Executor of Rowland P. Cooley, deceased, Appellant 1866-09
Warren Heserodt, Respondent, v. Stephen Williams, Eliza Williams, et al., Appellants 1866-09
Francis Wigand, Survivor, &c., v. Max Sichel and Solomon Sichel 1866-09
Joseph Smart v. Egbert Bement and wife, William B. Bement and wife, Isaac Hyde and Valentine Everett and others 1866-09
Horace Prior and another, Executors of Henry Prior, deceased, v. Gibson F. Williams, Harriet H. Chamberlain and William B. Chamberlain 1866-09
Joseph H. Williams v. James Hernon 1866-09
Benoni Lee, Executor, etc., of Caleb N. Potter, deceased, Respondent, v. Demetrius M. Chadsey and James R. Craig, Appellants 1866-09
G. Fred. Reed, Appellant, v. The Board of Education of the City of Brooklyn 1866-09
Thomas Kelly, Respondent, v. David Tilton, Appellant 1866-09
Ira Page and another, Respondents, v. Daniel Morrell, and others, Appellants 1866-09
Harriet E. Butler, Administratrix, &c., Respondent, v. William Lee and George W. Niles, Appellants 1866-09
William Stroud, Respondent, v. David Tilton, Appellant 1866-09
Catherine Bissell, Respondent, v. Hiram Studley, Appellant 1866-09
In the Matter of the Receivership of the Columbian Marine Insurance Company 1866-09
George A. Simmons, Appellant, v. George Law, Respondent 1866-09
The People, ex rel. The Commissioners for the Erection of a Public Market in the City of New York, v. The Common Council of the City of New York 1866-09
Chauncey Barnard v. John B. Monnot 1866-09
John Mosher and others, Respondents, v. Leman B. Hotchkiss, Appellant 1866-09
Hamilton Murray, Respondent, v. Abram M. Bininger and another, Appellants 1866-09
Daniel D. Campbell v. Edwin Vedder and others 1866-09
Sylvanus Merritt v. Isaac Carpenter and Smith Reynolds 1866-09
Henry Roraback, Respondent, v. Almus Stebbins, Appellant 1866-09
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Appellants, v. The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of New York, and others, Respondents 1866-09
The Market Bank, Respondent, v. Richard Hartshorne, Appellant 1866-09
John R. Sears, Respondent, v. Joseph Conover, Appellant 1866-09
Elijah H. Kimball, Executor, etc., of Ellen Le Roy, deceased, v. Richard B. Connolly, Respondent 1866-09
The People v. John Koll and John Bechtel 1866-09
Philip S. Staats and others, Executors, &c., of Jehoiakim P. Staats, Appellants, v. The Hudson River Railroad Company, Respondents 1866-09
Andrew Thatcher, survivor, &c., Appellant, v. William L. Candee, Respondent 1866-09
Conrad Poppenhusen, Appellant, v. Ebenezer Seeley, impleaded, etc., Respondent 1866-09
Charles F. Wells and another, Appellants, v. Francis Pierce, Respondent 1866-09
Robert Coleman, Respondent, v. Aaron H. Bean, Appellant 1866-09
Stephen Van Rensselaer, Respondent, v. Arza Bouton, Appellant 1866-09
George M. Griggs and others, Respondents, v. Otis B. Howe and others, Appellants 1866-09
Frederic S. Cozzens, Respondent, v. Alvin Higgins, Appellant 1866-09
John E. Tallman, Appellant, v. The Atlantic Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Respondents 1866-09
Louis N. Middlebrook, Respondent, v. The Merchants Bank of New York, Appellant 1866-09
Lucy McIntyre, Executrix of John McIntyre, deceased, v. William H. Warren, Administrator of Halsey Rogers, deceased, impleaded with John B. Newland, Executors of Ephraim Newland, deceased 1866-09
Esop Kinne, Appellant, v. The City of Syracuse, Respondent 1866-09