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Irene A. Meaney, Respondent, v. William P. Meaney, Appellant.
    (Argued June 1, 1926;
    decided July 9, 1926.)
    
      Duress — husband and wife — action by wife to set aside deed alleged to have been obtained by husband through undue influence and duress.
    
    
      Meaney v. Meaney, 213 App. Div. 756, affirmed.
    Appeal from a judgment entered October 30, 1925, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, reversing a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a dismissal of the complaint by the court on trial at Special Term, and directing judgment in favor of plaintiff. The action, wife against husband, was to set aside a deed by the terms of which plaintiff conveyed to defendant an interest in real property. It was alleged that plaintiff’s signature to the deed was obtained through undue influence and coercion exercised by her husband, through her fear of him and his threats to her. and through his constant pressure upon her to deed him this property.
    Judgment affirmed, with costs;
    
      Orson A. Raynor for appellant.
    
      Francis X. Hennessy for respondent.
   no opinion.

Concur: His cock, Ch. J., Cardozo, McLaughlin, Crane, Andrews and Lehman, JJ. Absent: Pound, J.