Jackson ex dem. Beekman v. Sellick
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of ejectment, for land in the Mini-J 7 sink Angle, in Orange county. The cause was tried at * . . . J the Orange circuit, in September, 1810, before Mr. "Jus- . _ tice Van Ness.
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THIS was an action of ejectment, for land in the Mini-J 7 sink Angle, in Orange county. The cause was tried at * . . . J the Orange circuit, in September, 1810, before Mr. "Jus- . _ tice Van Ness. A verdict was taken, by consent, for the plaintiff, with liberty to the defendant to move to set it aside, on a case containing the following facts ; A large tract of land, including the premises in question, was granted by letters patent, dated the 28th August, 1704, to Matthezv Ling, and twenty-two others, among whom was John Parson, to be held, one twenty-third part thereof, to each of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Kent, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court. The .defence, in this cause, turns wholly upon the question, whether the right of recovery is not barred by the statute of limitations.
The lessor of the plaintiff was an infant when the adverse possession began, in the year 1772. But admitting that the father, Vincent Matthews, was tenant by the curtesy, there was then a particular estate for life in the premises existing, and no right of entry had descended, or could vest in her, during the continuance of that estate. It was declared, in Jackson v. Schoonmaker, (4 Johns, Rep. 390.) to be the…
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