Sweetland v. Buell
New York Supreme Court
Action by Harvey A. Sweetland against Franklin S. Buell and Kate Miller Buell individually and as executors of the will of Jonathan S. Buell, deceased, and others, to quiet title to land. There was a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and defendants move for a new trial on exceptions taken at the Erie circuit, and ordered heard at the general term in the first instance. Denied.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The plaintiff seeks to compel the determination of a claim made by Jonathan S. Buell, the original defendant, to certain real property in the city of Buffalo, to which the plaintiff alleges title in himself. The lot in question is part of a tract of land of which Elijah Holt became the owner prior to 1819. On the 5th day of February of that year one Heacock recovered in the Niagara, court of common pleas a judgment against Holt for $310, upon which judgment was issued to the sheriff a fieri facias, tested June 5, 1819. In the sheriff’s deed, of date April 12, 1820, it is recited that by…
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