Clason v. Stewart

This action is brought to quiet the title to the lot Bo. 42 Sheriff street, in the city of Bew York, claimed by the plaintiff in fee. Code Civ. Pro., §§ 1.638, 1639. The plaintiff’s father was the owner and by bis devise and the death of her brother she became seized in fee-simple, now embarrassed only by the claim of the defendant as representative of the interests' of Elizabeth Carter, deceased. ■

Mrs. Carter’s interest was derived from a sale made by the city of Bew York for taxes in 1859. on which a lease was given for the term of 500 years to Bobert Bruce, who,assigned his certificate of…