Eisenlord v. Clum
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Montgomery county. Ejectment by John Peter Eisenlord against David H. Clum, John L. Eisenlord and others. The court directed a verdict for defendants, and from a judgment entered thereon plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMayham, P. J.
The plaintiff prosecutes this action to recover the possession of certain lands of which Peter O. Eisenlord died seised, and intestate, on the ground that he is the only son and *575heir at law of the intestate; the lands in dispute being in possession of the defendants, who claim title as heirs at law of the deceased. The plaintiff claims as the legitimate son of the deceased; the defendants claim as brothers and sisters of the deceased; and the principal question involved in controversy is as to the legitimacy of the plaintiff. The contention of the plaintiff is that Peter O. Eisenlord was in…
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- Nicholson v. ConnerNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1879
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