Coxe v. Smith
New York Court of Chancery
BILL for a partition of a tract of land of 29,812 acres, lying in the counties of Tioga and Broome. It appeared from the pleadings and exhibits in the cause, that Col. Daniel Coxe, of Trenton, New-Jersey, (grandfather of the plaintiffs, Daniel Coxe, and Grace Kempe,) who died in 1739, derived from his father, Doctor Coxe, of London, sundry rights under the crown of Great Britain, to lands in the North American colonies.
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BILL for a partition of a tract of land of 29,812 acres, lying in the counties of Tioga and Broome. It appeared from the pleadings and exhibits in the cause, that Col. Daniel Coxe, of Trenton, New-Jersey, (grandfather of the plaintiffs, Daniel Coxe, and Grace Kempe,) who died in 1739, derived from his father, Doctor Coxe, of London, sundry rights under the crown of Great Britain, to lands in the North American colonies. That some years after his death, his representatives, on relinquishing those rights, received in lieu thereof, an order of the king and council, or mandamus, dated April 14,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
This is a bill for a partition of a tract of land, containing 29,812 acres, lying in the counties of Tioga and Broome. According to the allegations of the plaintiffs, the representatives of William Smith, deceased, are entitled to an undivided third part of the premises, the plaintiff, John Redman Coxe, to five sixteenths of the residue, the plaintiffs, Daniel Coxe and Grace Kempe, each to one sixteenth of the residue, the representatives of William Coxe, deceased, to seven sixteenths of the residue, and the people of this state to two sixteenths of the residue.
• The defendants…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wilkin v. WilkinNew York Court of Chancery · 1814
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