Van Rensselaer v. Jones
New York Supreme Court
, This was a motion, by the defendant, to set aside the report of a referee. The referee reported that the sum of $96,13 was due to the plaintiff, from the defendant. The facts in the case, and the grounds of the motion, are stated in the opinion of the court, and in the arguments of the counsel.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Willard, J.
The plaintiff, as devisee of Ms father, the late Stephen Van Rensselaer, who died in 1839, brought an action of covenant against the defendant, as assignee of the lessees of the said Stephen Van Rensselaer, to recover arrearages of rent which accrued since the death of the said Stephen. The leases, three in number, purported to be executed by the late Stephen Van Rensselaer, of the first part, and one of them by Benjamin Jones, Silas Jones, and Norman Jones of the second part; another by Abel Jones of the second part; and the third by Anna West of the second part.…
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