Cruger v. Dougherty
New York Supreme Court
This action was brought to recover one undivided sixth part of a certain lot of land, situated in the town of Kortright, in the county of Delaware. It was tried at the Delaware Circuit, in February, 1869, when, by direction of the judge, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant moved for a new trial, on exceptions which the judge directed should be heard, in the first instance, at the General Term.
1Opinion of the Court
*465Present — Balcom, Boardman and Parker, JJ.
By the Court
Balcom, P. J.
The land in dispute in this action is part of lot No. 7, in the Kortright patent, in the town of Kortright and county of Delaware. The foundation of the plaintiff’s title is a patent granted by King George the Third to Lawrence Kortright, and others, dated the 24th day of February, 1770.
That the plaintiff showed title to the land in dispute, and a right to recover the one undivided sixth part thereof, when she rested her case, is settled by the decision we made at the November General Term, in the year 1868, in Cruger v.…
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