Jackson ex dem. People v. Lervey
New York Supreme Court
Ejectment, to recover possession of 50 acres of land, being a part of lot number 26, in the township of Locke, as escheated land.
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Ejectment, to recover possession of 50 acres of land, being a part of lot number 26, in the township of Locke, as escheated land. The following facts were agreed upon by the attorney general, and the attorney for the defendant: ° J J Lot number 26, in the township of Locke, was drawn by Peter Stringerland, a soldier in the revolutionary war. ■Stringerland was a slave ; and died during the war, leaving a child horn of a woman, between whom and Stringer-land the ceremony of marriage had taken place, previous to the birth of the child; and the defendant derived title, bona fide, from the child…
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, per Woodworth, J.
Peter Stringerland, a slave, was a soldier in the revolutionary army, and died during the war, leaving a child, born of a woman, also a slave, to whom Stringerland had been married, before the birth of the child. From him the defendant is a Iona fide purchaser. The lot in question was drawn by Stringerland.
The act of 1790 directed the patents to issue in the names of the persons who had actually served, and to their heirs and assigns forever; and that the lands should be deemed to have vested in the grantees and their heirs, on the 27th March, 1783.
The act of April…
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