Terrance v. Gray
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Peter Gray and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Franklin on the 4th day of August, 1914, upon the decision of the court, after a trial before the court, a jury having been waived.
1Opinion of the Court
Lyon, J.:
The parties to this action are Indians, members of the St. Regis tribe, and reside on the St. Regis reservation in Franklin county, in this State. The action is in replevin, to recover hay, oats and straw grown in the summer of 1913 upon land which was allotted in 1902, by the chiefs of the tribe, to Thomas Gray, a member of said tribe, who died intestate in 1906, leaving the defendant Peter Gray and Hattie White, the wife of the defendant Alexander White, his only heirs at law. In January, 1907, through conveyances by said heirs and others, all of whom were members of said tribe,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jimeson v. PierceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Johnson v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Peters v. TallchiefAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1907
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