Legal Opinion

Jackson ex dem. Phillips v. Aldrich

New York Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1816PublishedCited by 11 opinions

THIS was an action of ejectment, for land, in the town of Cornwall, , m the county of Orange, and was tried before the elilef justice, at the -Orange circuit,'in September, 1815, The plaintiff, at the trial, produced a deed for the premises in question, from Silas Aldrich, the defendant, to Harry Garrison, dated May 10th, 1802,. and -a deed from.

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THIS was an action of ejectment, for land, in the town of Cornwall, , m the county of Orange, and was tried before the elilef justice, at the -Orange circuit,'in September, 1815, The plaintiff, at the trial, produced a deed for the premises in question, from Silas Aldrich, the defendant, to Harry Garrison, dated May 10th, 1802,. and -a deed from. Garrison 'to the lessor o’f tile plaintiff) dated JJay-T-st, 1802.: It Was adtnittéd that the defendant had been in possession, from-the date, of the firsUmentioned deed* and was still in. possession*. • - On the part of the defendant, William…

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Thompson, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

In May, 1802, the defendant conveyed the premises in ques.tion to Harry Garrison, who, in May, 1812, conveyed the same to the lessor of the plaintiff. The defendant has continued in possession ever since his conveyance to Garrison; but how, or in what character, does not appear. It is now contended that he is entitled to notice to quit.

Whatever appears in ..the case, relative to a claim for rent by Garrison, after he conveyed the premises to the lessor of the plaintiff, must be entirely laid out of view. For it is a proposition that cannot…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. Sherman v. . KaneNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
  2. McGee v. AllisonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
  3. Post v. PostNew York Supreme Court · 1852
  4. Vrooman v. KingNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
  5. Lewittes & Sons v. SpielmannAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1947

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