New York Court of Appeals

Elias C. Benedict, as Executors of Edwin Booth, Deceased, Appellants v. George T. Arnoux, Defendant, and…

January 11, 1898154 N.Y. 715

Summary

The Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division, holding that the appellate court lacked authority to reverse on contested factual issues and render a final judgment, and affirmed the Special Term's judgment that the executors' deed was a valid sale within their testamentary power, not a mortgage.