People ex rel. Ehrlich v. Grant
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Hugh J. Grant, late sheriff of the county of New York, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 8th day of February, 1901, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
This is an appeal from an order granting a peremptory writ of mandamus against the defendant, the late sheriff of New York county, commanding him to make and deliver a deed of certain premises sold by him under an execution in 1887. The motion was opposed on the ground of loches, thirteen years having elapsed since the sheriff’s sale, and, further, that from the facts disclosed in the relator’s petition the application should not be granted. In addition to these grounds, it is urged in this court that the proceeding is barred by the Statute of Limitations. It appears that the…
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