Jackson v. Rowe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Henry H. Jackson and others, as executors of and trustees under the last will and testament of-Peter A, H. Jackson, deceased, -from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered jin the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 30tli day of July, 1903, denying the -plaintiffs’ motion to vacate a judgment theretofore entered in-favor of the defendant and for a, new trial of the action upon the ground of…
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Appeal by the plaintiffs, Henry H. Jackson and others, as executors of and trustees under the last will and testament of-Peter A, H. Jackson, deceased, -from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered jin the office of the clerk of the county of Richmond on the 30tli day of July, 1903, denying the -plaintiffs’ motion to vacate a judgment theretofore entered in-favor of the defendant and for a, new trial of the action upon the ground of newly-discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
This is an action to determine conflicting claims to real property. The plaintiffs claim title tinder the will of Peter A. H. Jackson, deceased, who is conceded to have been the owner. The defendant claims under letters patent from the State. The lands were sold by tlie'State Comptroller in December, 1895, for taxes assessed against the property for the years 1890 and 1891, returned to the Comptroller by the county treasurer as unpaid. At such sale the State became the purchaser, and the Comptroller, pursuant to statute, conveyed the property to the People of the State by deed…
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