Jackson ex dem. Martin v. Pratt
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of ejectment for lot No. 34. in Whitehall, in Washington county. The cause was tried at the Washington circuit, before Mr. Justice Yates, in June, 1812. ’ ’ It was admitted that the lessors of the plaintiff were heirs at law of Moses Martin, deceased; and that by an act of the legislature, (sess. 7. c. 64.) Philip Skeene and Andrew P. Skeeile, were attainted by name; and the act of attainder was read in evidence.
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THIS was an action of ejectment for lot No. 34. in Whitehall, in Washington county. The cause was tried at the Washington circuit, before Mr. Justice Yates, in June, 1812. ’ ’ It was admitted that the lessors of the plaintiff were heirs at law of Moses Martin, deceased; and that by an act of the legislature, (sess. 7. c. 64.) Philip Skeene and Andrew P. Skeeile, were attainted by name; and the act of attainder was read in evidence. Mary Burrows testified, that her husband, Jeremiah Burrows, deceased, in his lifetime, resided at Whitehall, and, in December, 1784, purchased lot No. 34., in…
1Opinion of the Court
Kent, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court. The lessors of the plaintiff showed a valid title to the premises, deduced from Philip and Andrew P. Skeene, the common source of title set up by both parties. None of the objections to the soundness of this chain of title were well taken.
1. There was sufficient evidence of a sale of the premises, as forfeited property, by Alexander Webster, one of the commissioners of forfeitures, to Jeremiah Burrows, in December, 1784. The evidence of this fact consisted in the testimony of Mary Burrows as to the existence, loss and contents of the deed, and…
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