Proseus v. McIntyre
New York Supreme Court
In Equity. The bill in this cause was filed on the 28th of April, 1840, by John Proseus, who was then alive, to compel a conveyance by the defendant of the east half of the north half of lot number three in second range of lots in township number fourteen in the first range of towns in the county of Wayne, the whole lot number three containing about three hundred and twenty-four acres.
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In Equity. The bill in this cause was filed on the 28th of April, 1840, by John Proseus, who was then alive, to compel a conveyance by the defendant of the east half of the north half of lot number three in second range of lots in township number fourteen in the first range of towns in the county of Wayne, the whole lot number three containing about three hundred and twenty-four acres. The answer of the defendant was put in on the first of February, 1841, to which a general replication was filed on the 9th of the same month» After-wards, and before any further proceedings were had in the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Welles, J.
The facts, as I regard them, established by the pleadings and proofs, are substantially as follows: On or about the 19th day of May, 1817, Sanford Williams and wife, by deed of that date, conveyed to the defendant, who was then a minor under the age of twenty-one years, the north half of said lot number three, including the premises in question, for the consideration of $815. The purchase of this land of Williams was made by William McIntyre, the father of the defendant, and the consideration or purchase money paid to Williams by said William, McIntyre. At the time of…
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