People ex rel. Kennedy v. Becker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Frederick W. Becker, as sheriff, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 2d day of June, 1914. The People of the State of New York, by James A. Parsons, Attorney-General, participated in the appeal, both by briefs and on the argument, although no notice of appeal was served by them.
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Appeal by the defendant, Frederick W. Becker, as sheriff, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Erie Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Erie on the 2d day of June, 1914. The People of the State of New York, by James A. Parsons, Attorney-General, participated in the appeal, both by briefs and on the argument, although no notice of appeal was served by them. The order discharged Fayette Kennedy, Warren Kennedy and Willis White, Jr., from the custody of said sheriff and from further imprisonment on the ground that certain ancient grants, submissions,…
1Per curiam
Robert Morris acquired from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the right of pre-emption in certain lands in this State, of which the lands where the fishing was done are a part. He also acquired the Indian title under sanction of proper Federal authority, by an instrument in writing dated September 15, 1797 (Report of .Special Committee appointed by Assembly of 1888 to investigate the Indian Problem, p. 131; Assembly Documents, 1889, vol. 7, No. 51, pp. 131-134), by which the Seneca Nation of Indians granted to him, his heirs *883and assigns forever, said land and all of their right, title and…
2Cited by1 opinion
- New York Ex Rel. Kennedy v. BeckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1916