Hawley v. Hawley

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Hawley v. Hawley

89 N.Y.S. 1106

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York·Decided June 23, 1904·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The evidence does not disclose the agreement, alleged in the complaint, “that if plaintiff would marry him [the defendant] he would obtain and keep in force a policy of insurance on Ms life,” but at best only a sanction by the father of the plaintiff of engagement upon conditions affecting the financial capacity of the defendant, who, in a letter to the plaintiff, said: “The conditions he names are just and fair, entirely so, and I am fully confident that I shall be able to comply with all of them very soon, to his entire satisfaction.” The judgment must be affirmed. Judgment affirmed, with costs.

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PER CURIAM.

The evidence does not disclose the agreement, alleged in the complaint, “that if plaintiff would marry him [the defendant] he would obtain and keep in force a policy of insurance on Ms life,” but at best only a sanction by the father of the plaintiff of engagement upon conditions affecting the financial capacity of the defendant, who, in a letter to the plaintiff, said: “The conditions he names are just and fair, entirely so, and I am fully confident that I shall be able to comply with all of them very soon, to his entire satisfaction.” The judgment must be affirmed. Judgment affirmed, with costs.

Hawley v. Hawley, 89 N.Y.S. 1106 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1904).

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