People v. Raquette Falls Land Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Paquette Falls Land Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Montgomery Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Essex on the 1st day of May, 1914, denying a motion made by the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
This action was brought in January, 1905, to recover possession, and damages for the wrongful withholding, of three parcels of land of which the State claimed to be the owner, one of which was lot lio. 37, township 12, old military tract, containing 1,121 acres. The answer pleaded ownership and possession in the defendant. The following month the parties executed an agreement of settlement of the action by which the defendant was to be permitted to take judgment dismissing the complaint and adjudging the defendant to be the owner of the lands described in the complaint, and the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Leavitt v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Decker v. HuntAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Wemple v. HauensteinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
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- Hawkins v. DuvallNew York Supreme Court · 1919