Putnam v. . Stewart
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made, at the May term, 1882, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the third judicial department, entered upon an order made, at the May term, 1882, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a decision of the court on trial at Special Term. The nature of the action and the material facts are stated in the opinion. The memorandum, made by Williams in deed book No. 54 in relation to an assignment there recorded, was incompetent evidence, and its reception and the proof of a custom or habit of the witness Horton and his clerks to make such entries was error. (People v. Keyser,…
1Opinion of the Court
Ruger, Ch. J.
This action was ejectment by the landlord against his tenant for non-payment of rent. The plaintiff proved title to the premises from and after February 14, 1835, in Washington and Rockwell Putnam, a durable lease dated March 1, 1843, from the said Putnams and their respective wives to Dinnen and Clere, with a reservation of annual rent; possession by Dinnen and Clere under the lease, and also possession in several intermediate lessees and assignees under successive transfers of the interest of Dinnen and Clere to each of them in such lease, down to and including the defendant…
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