Russell v. Mandell

In the view we take of this case, it will be .unnecessary to pass upon the evidence relating to the deed purporting to have been made by appellant and her husband to Harriet A. Smith and Frances E. Hotchkiss, and dated July 8th, 1855.

We see no objection to the abstract prepared by Hawley and Simmons, with reference to the property in controversy, so far, at least, as it relates to the deed of I. H. Trabue to Harriet A. Smith and Frances E. Hotchkiss.

Hotchkiss testified this deed was in his possession in 1865, and was destroyed; and he shows how it was destroyed, so that in this respect there…