Legal Opinion
People v. Firth
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1914PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Action to compel the determination of claim to real property.
1Opinion of the CourtPurcell, J.
The plaintiff brings this action under section 1638 of the Code of Civil Procedure to compel the determination of a claim made by the defendant to certain lands in the town of Wilmurt, Herkimer county, N. Y., within the forest preserve of the state of New York. The action was tried as being one of equity at a term where no jury was present and without any demand being made by either party for a trial by jury.
The plaintiff makes title to the property in question through two deeds, one executed by the comptroller of the state of New York to the people of the state of New York, as a result of a…
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