Heath v. Ross
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action- of trover, for a' quantity of timber,, tried at the Essex circuit, .in June last, before his honour the Ghief Justice. : ^ The plaintiffs produced a-patent to. them for a lot of latid,' comprehending the premises on which ‘the timber was euty dated December 4v 1810, and Which passed the secretary’s office . , :• . ' , . , - • . ' 1 . , , ,. ,• the2Sth oFF)eccmber,l310. . ' . - . A witness testified that tie began to cutxpme timber on thq land the, last ot…
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THIS was an action- of trover, for a' quantity of timber,, tried at the Essex circuit, .in June last, before his honour the Ghief Justice. : ^ The plaintiffs produced a-patent to. them for a lot of latid,' comprehending the premises on which ‘the timber was euty dated December 4v 1810, and Which passed the secretary’s office . , :• . ' , . , - • . ' 1 . , , ,. ,• the2Sth oFF)eccmber,l310. . ' . - . A witness testified that tie began to cutxpme timber on thq land the, last ot rNooember4 J8I0, and continued to cut, until January following ;; that,he, contracted to deliver 1.0,OOTt.' °f timber…
1Per curiam
This ,is an action ,of ‘'troverr to'recover the Valúe of a quantity of timber,, and the principal question, for the purpose of-ascertaining the amount1 of damages, is to determine when the title to the land upon whicti the timber Was cut, -became vested in the plaintiffs. The patent granted to. them *141bears date the 4th day of December, 1810, and passed the secretary’s office on the 28th day of the same month; and the principal part of the timber was cut between these two periods. According to the usage and practice at the secretary’s office, the patent is dated at the time when the grant was…
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