New York Supreme Court August 15, 1901 (Collins v. McWalters)

Gildersleeve, J.

In December, 1893, the defendants, James McWalters and Mary McWalters, his wife, sold two lots of land in the city of New York to the plaintiff, Julia Collins, and received therefor the sum of $900. At the time, as alleged in the moving papers, said James McWalters assured plaintiff that it was not necessary to record the deed.