Jackson v. . Babcock
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, sitting in the first district, compelling Babcock to complete a purchase, made by him at a referee’s sale, of cei tain land in the city of New-York. The sale was made under a judgment of the Supreme Court, in an action wherein Catharine Jackson was plaintiff, and. Lewis Calder and others, defendants.
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Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, sitting in the first district, compelling Babcock to complete a purchase, made by him at a referee’s sale, of cei tain land in the city of New-York. The sale was made under a judgment of the Supreme Court, in an action wherein Catharine Jackson was plaintiff, and. Lewis Calder and others, defendants. Catharine Jackson was entitled, under the will of her sister, Mrs. Williamson, who died in 1824, to an estate for life in the rents, issues and profits of a lot and house, No. 104 Church-street, and the remainder was devised to the lawful children of…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The appellant, Babcock, by his petition, raises no question, upon the regularity of the judgment under which he has purchased, in respect to bringing in or notifying the proper parties. His position is, either that the terms of the statute (Laws of 1855, ch. 327) do not warrant the conveyance of a fee in a case such as this, or, if they do, that the act is .unconstitutional. The general purpose of the act appears to be to provide a remedy for an evil existing in respect to lands in cities or villages which had been or might be sold, or were or should become liable to be sold, for. a term of…
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