Tompkins v. Anthon
New York Court of Chancery
The bill in this cause was filed by Rny Tompkins, in November, 1845, against Caleb T. Ward, Thomas Hulme, Isaac Pierson, Ichabod Prall, George Howard, Benjamin Wood. John Antbon, and several others, together with the heirs of the late Governor Tompkins.
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The bill in this cause was filed by Rny Tompkins, in November, 1845, against Caleb T. Ward, Thomas Hulme, Isaac Pierson, Ichabod Prall, George Howard, Benjamin Wood. John Antbon, and several others, together with the heirs of the late Governor Tompkins. It set forth, in substance,(a) and principally on information and belief, that Daniel D. Tompkins, late of Castleton, in the county of Richmond, and state of New York, now deceased, the father of the complainant, on the fifteenth day of January, 1822, was, and for a long time previous thereto had been, seised in fee simple, in his own right,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Assistant Vice-Chancellor.
The plea is set up as a bar to all the relief which the complainant^ seeks against Mr. Anthon.
The bill makes a case for the recovery of two hundred and fifty acres of land, a large part of which is still in the possession of Mr. Ward; and the complainant states that Ward has sold various portions of the tract, but he is ignorant as to what part Ward has sold, and what part he has not sold. The bill then charges that Mr. Anthon and divers others, claimed to have some right or title, in some parts or portions of the 250 acres, under deeds executed by Ward. It asks…
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