Steere v. Steere
New York Court of Chancery
THE original bill, filed February 21st, 1818, stated, among other things, that Stephen Steere, father of the plaintiffs, Timothy, Smith, and T. Steere, was seised in fee, prior to the 18th of October, 1802, of various parcels of land in the county of Chenango, and which were particularly described, amounting in ihe whole to 739 acres,' and all of which, except 47 acres, was situate in the town of Morwich.
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THE original bill, filed February 21st, 1818, stated, among other things, that Stephen Steere, father of the plaintiffs, Timothy, Smith, and T. Steere, was seised in fee, prior to the 18th of October, 1802, of various parcels of land in the county of Chenango, and which were particularly described, amounting in ihe whole to 739 acres,' and all of which, except 47 acres, was situate in the town of Morwich. That on the 18th of October, 1802, S. Phettiplace obtained a judgment against Stephen Steere, for 1,258 dollars, on which a ji. fa. was issued in 1805, and all the lands of Stephen Steere,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The bill charges that the purchase by the defendants, Richard and Marie Steere, at the sheriff’s sale, on the 16th of August, 1805, was in trust for the plaintiff’s testator, and those defendants are called upon to account to the plaintiffs, as devisees, for the rents and profits, and for the proceeds of that part of the lands which have since been conveyed to others, and to reconvey to the plaintiffs that part of the lands which they still retain.
It is intimated in the bill, and it was made a point at the hearing by the counsel for the plaintiffs, that the sheriff’s sale was…
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