Jackson v. Griswold
New York Supreme Court
this was an action of ejectment, for land in the » , r y-, township of Marcellus, m the county of Onondaga. The cause was tried at the Onondaga circuit, before Mr. Justice Thompson. At the trial, the plaintiff’s counsel produced in evideuce, letters patent from the state of New-Tork to John Lepherd, a soldier, in the army of the United States, for lot No, 2. in Marcellus, including the pre- ° 1 mises in question.
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this was an action of ejectment, for land in the » , r y-, township of Marcellus, m the county of Onondaga. The cause was tried at the Onondaga circuit, before Mr. Justice Thompson. At the trial, the plaintiff’s counsel produced in evideuce, letters patent from the state of New-Tork to John Lepherd, a soldier, in the army of the United States, for lot No, 2. in Marcellus, including the pre- ° 1 mises in question. It was proved, that the lessor of the plaintiff, now known by the name of John Lepper, was the person who served as a soldier in Col. Cortlandt’s ► . t t regiment, and that there cud…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This was an action of ejectment for a part of lot No. 2. in the township of Marcellus, in the military tract. An exemplification of a patent to one of the lessors having been produced, the defendant set up an award of the Onondaga commissioners, bearing date the 1st day of March, 1802, whereby the lot in question was awarded to Abraham Ten Eyck. The evidence offered of the award was the record thereof, contained in a book deposited by James Van Ingen, clerk of the commissioners, with the clerk of the county of Onondaga, some time in December, 1804, or January, 1805. To the reading of this…
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