Jackson ex dem. Schenck v. Wood
New York Supreme Court
. THIS was ah action Pf.eiectmentfor lands,iri the1 tbwn of Fish* . ° : • :]cill, in the county .of Dvtctless»' The cause was .tried1 before Mrs J. Van 'Hess, at the Dutchess' circuit, in August,, 1-815. ■' lessors of the plaintiff' 'claimed. Under1 the RuynbouG or. 'Fishk-ill, patent, dated the 17th of October, 1685, to Francis Rúriibúut, Jacobus.
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. THIS was ah action Pf.eiectmentfor lands,iri the1 tbwn of Fish* . ° : • :]cill, in the county .of Dvtctless»' The cause was .tried1 before Mrs J. Van 'Hess, at the Dutchess' circuit, in August,, 1-815. ■' lessors of the plaintiff' 'claimed. Under1 the RuynbouG or. 'Fishk-ill, patent, dated the 17th of October, 1685, to Francis Rúriibúut, Jacobus. K;ipp=, OndStephanus ’’Fan Cottlandf. 'The; Whose. only right Consisted in -.a .possession ,'of -ten ©r twelve years epritinuahee, resisted the .plaintiff’s claim, on the ground that the premises were situated in agoré, or piece of Urn patented…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, < Ch.. .JU,
'delivered -the-.©pinion, -of the court. ■ ,Sf •{heRumboiitiov Fishhill .patent.was .now,- for the first.time! to receive: •á.-eonsíruotionyánd location, I .should very much invi clinevto adopt that which has-been.’given-.tp -it by-t-hedeféfidántis counsel. Upon.thÍs ábstract'quest¡onjhoweveri..thecourtdó.not, mean to express any opi nion, .But in 'grants.-of- such .aritiqui-tyy where the description;of-the land is vague, and the,construction' somewhat, doubtful, -the acts-of the'parti'e.s^'fhe acts, of govern.-' moot, and of those claiming under adjoining patents,, are…
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