Winne v. Reynolds
New York Court of Chancery
This was an appeal from a decree of the vice chancellor of the third circuit. The complainant was the owner of a farm of 127 acres in the county of Albany, under a lease in fee from Stephen Van Rensselaer, at a nominal rent of one pound of wheat annually.
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This was an appeal from a decree of the vice chancellor of the third circuit. The complainant was the owner of a farm of 127 acres in the county of Albany, under a lease in fee from Stephen Van Rensselaer, at a nominal rent of one pound of wheat annually. The lease also was in the usual form of the Patroon’s modern leases, containing a reservation of mines and minerals and streams of water and water privileges, with the preemptive right of purchase, and the payment of a year’s rent upon the purchase by any other person. In March, 1834, the complainant entered into an agreement with the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
There was no reason whatever for appealing from the decision upon the motion to suppress testimony.. Only two days notice of the application was given when the rules of the court required four. This of itself would have been a sufficient reason for denying the motion even if the testimony had been irrelevant. Most of the evidence objected to, however, was proper, upon the supposition that the legal effect of the written instrument was as contended for by the defendant’s counsel; as it went to show that there was no difficulty in obtaining a release from the patroon so as to"…
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