Holdane v. Trustees of Cold Spring
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL, by the defendants, from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff had purchased from Frederick Philipse and others, who were the owners at the time of such purchase, and was entitled 'to, and was in the actual possession of, a certain piece of land situate in the village of Cold Spring, in the county of Putnam, bounded northwesterly by lands of George P. Morris; northeasterly by lands of the said Frederick Philipse and…
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APPEAL, by the defendants, from a judgment entered upon the report of a referee. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff had purchased from Frederick Philipse and others, who were the owners at the time of such purchase, and was entitled 'to, and was in the actual possession of, a certain piece of land situate in the village of Cold Spring, in the county of Putnam, bounded northwesterly by lands of George P. Morris; northeasterly by lands of the said Frederick Philipse and others; southeasterly and easterly, partly by lands of the said Frederick Philipse and others, and partly by Northern…
1Opinion of the CourtEmott, J.
This cause was tried before me as a referee, and
the judgment from which the defendants appeal was entered by my direction. I have bestowed upon the argument made by the learned counsel for the appellants, and upon the authorities which he has adduced, careful examination and reflection, without being able to come to any different conclusions from those which I reached when the cause was tried. Perhaps I shall not be able to ’add any thing to 'the reasons which I then assigned *116for the judgment, and I do not purpose to enter upon any further discussion of the authorities.. But since, while the…
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