Freeman v. Freeman
New York Supreme Court
rpHIS action was brought to recover the possession of A about forty-five acres of land situated in the.town of Taylor, in the county of Cortland. It was tried before a referee, upon whose decision judgment was entered and docketed in Cortland county, in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant Julia Ann Freeman, who alone defended the action, appealed from the judgment to the general term.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Balcom, P. J.
The conclusions of fact, found by the referee, are as favorable to the defendant Julia Ann Freeman, as are necessary to present the question as to the correctness of his conclusions of law, that *307the plaintiff was entitled to recover the possession of the land in dispute, notwithstanding the facts. The answer, so far as the facts are concerned, is substantially sustained by the conclusions of fact found by the referee.
The plaintiff purchased the land and paid $700 therefor, on the 7th day of February, 1860. He immediately xx rote to the defendants, who were then…
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