Young v. Peck
New York Supreme Court
Error from the superior court of the city of New York. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff (Mary Young) for the recovery of an undivided moiety of a house and lot in the city of New York, whereof her father James Knox, died seised in 1823. James Knox came to this country from Scotland, in 1774, leaving the plaintiff in Scotland, with his grandfather, his wife having previously died. He remained in this country from his first arrival until his death.
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Error from the superior court of the city of New York. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the plaintiff (Mary Young) for the recovery of an undivided moiety of a house and lot in the city of New York, whereof her father James Knox, died seised in 1823. James Knox came to this country from Scotland, in 1774, leaving the plaintiff in Scotland, with his grandfather, his wife having previously died. He remained in this country from his first arrival until his death. The plaintiff was horn in 1769 ; was married in Scotland, to George Young, probably previous to her coming of age. Her…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Nelson, Oh. X
' The case turns upon the construction to be given to the fourth section of the act of congress, passed April 14, 18,02, which provides, “ that the children of persons duly naturalized under .any of the laws of the United States, or who previous to the passing of any law on that subject by the government of the United States may have become citizens of any one of the said states, under the laws thereof, being under the age of twenty-one years at the time of their parents being so naturalized, or admitted to the rights of citizenship, if dwelling in the United States,…
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