Hasbrouck v. Burhans
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, entered in Ulster county upon the decision of the court after a trial before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
Landón, J.:
The action is ejectment. Both parties claim title under Philip Smedes, who was in possession of the premises in 1810, and continued in possession until his death, about the year 1826.
The plaintiff claims to establish title as follows: He proved the recovery of a judgment by one Swart against Philip Smedes in the Court of Common Pleas of JJlster county, January 19, 1818, for the sum of .$506,72, and eighteen dollars and eighty-three cents costs. He then proved by the deputy county clerk that he had made diligent search for an execution or fieri facias upon this judg ment, and could…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Williams v. Peyton's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Hartwell v. RootNew York Supreme Court · 1822
- Whiting v. . EdmundsNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Leland v. . CameronNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Jackson ex dem' Klein v. GrahamNew York Supreme Court · 1805
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