Mowry v. Sanborn
New York Supreme Court
THIS action was brought to recover the possession of a piece of land situated in the village of Sandy Hill, in the county of Washington. It was tried at the Washington county circuit, held at Sandy Hill, in November 1870. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, for the recovery of the possession of the land in dispute; on which verdict judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiffs against the defendant, with costs.
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THIS action was brought to recover the possession of a piece of land situated in the village of Sandy Hill, in the county of Washington. It was tried at the Washington county circuit, held at Sandy Hill, in November 1870. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, for the recovery of the possession of the land in dispute; on which verdict judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiffs against the defendant, with costs. The defendant appealed from the judgment to the general term of this court. .The case was submitted on printed briefs.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Balcom, J.
The plaintiffs claimed to have the title in fee to the land in dispute, at the time they commenced the action. They gave in evidence, on the trial, a deed of the land from George Bradley to the defendant, dated the 1st day of May, 1852, recorded in the "Washington county clerk’s office, in the same month-, and year of its date. Also a bond from the defendant to Leroy Mowry, president of the Washington County Bank, an association established by virtue of an act entitled “ An act to authorize the business of banking,” passed April 18, 1838, dated the 7th day of July,…
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