Probst v. Trustees of the Board of Domestic Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. Ejectment. Plea, the general issue and the statute of limitations. Yerdict for plaintiff and judgment on the verdict. Defendant sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. Ejectment. Plea, the general issue and the statute of limitations. Yerdict for plaintiff and judgment on the verdict. Defendant sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion. Mr. Parsons’ brief on the points considered in the opinion of the court, to which reference has been made for a statement of the case, was as follows: I. • It was not error for the court to permit the Board to prove that deeds purporting to convey the locus in quo to its predecessors in title appeared on record in the Recorder’s Office of Santa…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Millee
delivered the opinion of the court.'
This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico.
The action was in ejectment, brought by the defendants in error, the trustees of the Board ‘of Domestic Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, against Charles Probst, to recover the possession of certain land. The plaintiffs below recovered a judgment against the defendant, which was affirmed in the Supreme Court of the Territory, and this writ of error is brought by the defendant, Probst, to reverse that judgment.
•The case was…
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