Church v. Wright
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by "the defendant, Egbert S. Wright, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Albany on the 12th day of December, 1891, upon the report of a referee.
1Opinion of the Court
Merwin, J.:
This is an action of ejectment, and by the judgment the plaintiff recovers the possession of about thirty-one acres, of which the defendant has been in possession since 1858.. The main question, here is, whether the referee erred in holding that the defendant had not made out the defense of adverse possession. The action was commenced April'3, 1894.
On the 13th of January, 1196, Stephen Van Rensselaer was the owner and in possession of a farm in the town of Berne, of which the premises in question are a part. At that date, Yan Rensselaer and one Thomas Hayes mutually executed,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Whiting v. . EdmundsNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Bradt v. . ChurchNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Towne v. ButterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Van Rensselaer v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Jackson ex dem. Wills v. StilesNew York Supreme Court · 1823
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Church v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896