Whiteman v. Hyland
New York Supreme Court
Exceptions from circuit court, Livingston county. Action by Rebecca E. Whiteman against John Hyland and others. Defendant Hyland moves for a new trial on a case and exceptions ordered to be heard at general term in the first instance.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, P. J.
The action was ejectment for the undivided two-thirds of an acre of land, known as the “ Ossian-Street Lot, ” in the village of Dansville, in Livingston county. The plaintiff claims title as devisee under the will of Reuben Whiteman, who in January, 1885, took a'deed of the undivided two-thirds from H. Tracy Dorr and Reuben H. W. Dorr, who, in turn, were devisees in common with Robert G. Dorr of the lot in question, together with other lands, under the will of their father, Robert L. Dorr, the common source of title, who died in 1880. The defendant claims title to the whole lot, by redemption…
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