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Wilson v. Wilson

New York Court of Appeals

Decided September 15, 1868

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1868-09-15

The facts of the case are as follows: Henry Van Rensselaer was the proprietor of certain lands in St. Lawrence county, and in April, 1858, advertised said lands to be sold at public auction, on the 16th day of June following. The plaintiff and the defendant desired, each to. purchase a piece of said land. The defendant knew that plaintiff was intending to attend said auction for the purpose of purchasing said piece of land.

Decided 1868-09-15

Clerke, J.

¶1(dissenting). The facts found by the referee are substantially in conformity with the allegations in the complaint. The agency of the defendant, the service which . he was to perform, the maximum of the price which he was to give for the land, the actual price for which it was sold, the false representation that he had purchased it at $15 an acre, when in fact he had purchased it at $10 an acre, the amount which the plaintiff paid for the land in consequence of this false representation, being $757.05 ($242.35 more than the actual purchase-money), and the retention, unjustly, by the defendant, of this excess, are facts alike found by the referee, and alleged in the complaint.

¶2Evidence was before the referee, tending to prove these . facts ; and we cannot interfere with his findings, even if we supposed them erroneous.

¶3The referee committed no error in admitting the testimony of Sylvia Wilson. Her testimony showed the animus of the defendant; besides, it tended to show that the testimony of the plaintiff to the same effect, was true.

¶4The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.

¶5Judgment reversed.

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