People v. Finch, Pruyn & Co.

Hasbrouck, J.:

In 1905 and prior thereto one Zenas Van Dusen held title to and was the owner of a strip of land forty-five chains wide across the northerly end of township 13 in Totten and Crossfield’s Purchase in the county of Warren, N. Y.

The State employed one Frank L. Bell to investigate the title and to make recommendations as to its purchase. Having found the title in Van Dusen he was authorized by the Forest, Fish and *77Game Commission to acquire it for the State. He employed William H. Rice, because he was a cousin of Van Dusen’s, to conduct the negotiations. They resulted in a deed of…