Jackson ex dem. Livingston v. Barringer
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of ejectment for land in Livingston, in Columbia county. The cause was tried before Mr. J. Spencer, at the Columbia circuit, in August, 1815. The defendant held under a lease from Robert Living■ston, proprietor of the manor of Livingston, from whom the lessor of the plaintiff derived his title.
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THIS was an action of ejectment for land in Livingston, in Columbia county. The cause was tried before Mr. J. Spencer, at the Columbia circuit, in August, 1815. The defendant held under a lease from Robert Living■ston, proprietor of the manor of Livingston, from whom the lessor of the plaintiff derived his title. The lease was to the defendant for three lives, and the premises were described as follows : “ all that farm or tract of land being part of the said manor; beginning, to wit: The farm on which Jacobus Jose Decker now lives on, laying east of the farm of Jacob Miller, west of the farm…
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court.
It is admitted that the lessor of the plaintiff is entitled to recover the premises in question, unless the defendant has a right to hold possession under the lease from Robert Livingston to him. The date of this lease is not stated in the case, but it was mentioned on the argument, to have been given in the year 1772. This would seem to be inferrable, also, from the receipts for rent. The description of the land as mentioned in the lease is, “ The farm on which Jacob J. Decker now lives on, lying east of the farm of Jacob Miller, west of the…
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