Ryder v. Rush

This is ejectment, by Byder against Bush. Both parties claim title under Amos Hogin, to whom the land in controversy was conveyed, December 24, 1831, by one McCormick. Hogin petitioned the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, to be declared a bankrupt, under the act of 1841. Waddell was appointed as assignee in bankruptcy, January 4, 1842. A decree declaring Hogin a bankrupt was rendered January 14, 1843. In the report of assets is included “one undivided half” of the land in dispute.

Plaintiff, Byder, claimed title through a deed from Waddell, as such…