Wadsworth v. Wendell
New York Court of Chancery
THE bill, (filed May 29th, 1817,) stated that John Thomas was a soldier in the Second New-Yorlc Regiment, during the revolutionary war, and entitled to a grant from the state of 600 acres of land. That letters patent were issued to him on the 9th of July, 1790, for No. 11 in the township of Solon.
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THE bill, (filed May 29th, 1817,) stated that John Thomas was a soldier in the Second New-Yorlc Regiment, during the revolutionary war, and entitled to a grant from the state of 600 acres of land. That letters patent were issued to him on the 9th of July, 1790, for No. 11 in the township of Solon. That on the 5th of September, 1789, J. T, the soldier, for a valuable consideration, sold all bis right, title, and demand to his military bounty lands, to the plaintiff, in fee, and covenanted to make further assurance. This instrument of transfer concluded in these words: “In witness whereof, I…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The plaintiff sets up an equitable right to lot No. 11, in Solan, in the county of Cortlandt. The original patentee was John Thomas, a soldier in the Nezu-York regiment of artillery, in the revolutionary war; and the patent to him for the lot was dated July 9th, 1790. His right commenced with the concurrent resolution of the legislature, of the 27th of March, 1783, and was confirmed by subsequent acts of the legislature. The act ef the 11th of May, 1784, directed letters patent to issue to the officers and soldiers entitled under the concurrent resolution of 1783, and that the'…
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