Barrow v. Paxton
New York Supreme Court
The plaintiff below, Barrow, brought an action of trover against the defendant, for certain goods, to which general issue was pleaded. THIS cause came before the court, on a writ of errors . , , , . from the mayor s court, oi the city of New-York.
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The plaintiff below, Barrow, brought an action of trover against the defendant, for certain goods, to which general issue was pleaded. THIS cause came before the court, on a writ of errors . , , , . from the mayor s court, oi the city of New-York. The jury found a special verdict, which stated that the plaintiff being seised and possessed of a certain dwelling-house and lot, in Pearl-Street, in the second ward of the said city, in consideration of the yearly rent of 425 dollars, payable quarterly, by Thomas Belding, demised the said dwelling-house and lot to the said Belding, for one year…
1Opinion of the Court
[Kent, Ch. J.
That case was never decided by this court. It was argued once, and I had prepared the written opinion which appears in the report of Mr. Caines >■ but the court directed a second argument, which, for some reason or other, was never brought on, so that no decision took place on the points raised in the cause. How my opinion got into print I do not know. It was probably lent to some of the bar, and a copy taken, which the reporter has erroneously published as the opinion of this court.]
*261Again, the first section of the statute of frauds, (10 sess. c, 44.) declares all deeds or…
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