Croner v. . Cowdrey
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the City Court of Brooklyn, entered upon an order made July 12,1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The defendants are estopped from denying their ownership, and pretending ownership hi the state in order to defeat the taxes.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the City Court of Brooklyn, entered upon an order made July 12,1892, which affirmed a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon a decision of the court on trial without a jury. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The defendants are estopped from denying their ownership, and pretending ownership hi the state in order to defeat the taxes. (Trustees v. Smith, 118 N. Y. 634; 85 id. 611.) The exception to the finding of fact, that Hannette Johnson Harrison left no heirs, was well taken. (Laws of 1885,…
1Opinion of the CourtEarl, J.
This is an action of ejectment to recover a lot of land situate in the city of Brooklyn, known as Ho. 116 Prospect street. The facts of the case are quite complicated, and we must first endeavdr to set them forth with accuracy.
Paul Pontau, being the owner in fee of the lot, on April 27th, 1854, executed a mortgage thereon to George B. Meade and Halsey R. Meade to secure the payment of $3,300, with interest, on the 28tli day of April, 1857, and that mortgage, was duly recorded. Pontau died without heirs about the year 1865 seized of the lot. He left a will by which he devised the lot to his…
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