Jackson ex dem. Gilliland v. Woodruff
New York Supreme Court
Ejectment, for one acre of land, at Salmon River, in Plattsburgh, Clinton county, called the Fairman lot, and for one half acre of land adjoining the same, on the north ; tried before his honour Mr. Justice Woodworth, at the Clin-t |fm Circuit, June, 1821. SiThe suit was commenced in May term, 1818, the defen•S ___ ^ dapts then being in possession.
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Ejectment, for one acre of land, at Salmon River, in Plattsburgh, Clinton county, called the Fairman lot, and for one half acre of land adjoining the same, on the north ; tried before his honour Mr. Justice Woodworth, at the Clin-t |fm Circuit, June, 1821. SiThe suit was commenced in May term, 1818, the defen•S ___ ^ dapts then being in possession. The plaintiff, in deducing his title,í-shewed, 1. Letters patent, under the colonial government jof New-York, to John Friswell, dated May 7, 1765, for a tract of land called FriswelPs Patent, which included the Prem’ses question. 2. A deed of…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodworth, J.
The premises in question are included within the bounds of a patent granted in 1765, to John Friswell. William Gilliland, one of the lessors, deduced a title, under Friswell, to one fourth part. It was contended, on behalf of the .defendants, that, in 1787, John Bleecker, who. claimed Stewart’s and FriswelPs Patents, ran the out-lines, and that his survey did not include the premises ; that .Gilliland had recognized the line of Bleecker, and held under him, and was, therefore, concluded by it. Cochran, who accompanied Bleecker in the survey, says the lines would not include the defendants’…
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