COWAN v. SUTHERLAND


6 Misc.2d 71 (1952)

David Cowan, Plaintiff, v. Jennie Sutherland, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Equity Trial Term, Herkimer County.

November 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Moore for plaintiff.

James P. O'Donnell & Sons for defendant.


CLIFFORD H. SEARL, J.

The facts in this case justify the statement that a lawyer is a necessity and not a necessary evil. The parties, in a remote section of Herkimer County, contracted, by plaintiff agreeing to purchase and defendant agreeing to sell, 26 acres of woodland upon which was a farm building. Instead of each having a lawyer at the time the contract was signed, they called upon a Justice of the Peace...

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