People v. Cutting
New York Supreme Court
THIS was a case of escheat, and came before the court on a case made and agreed upon by the counsel for both parties# The following are the material facts in the case: On the 16th of June, 1798, a writ of escheat issued out of the court of chancery, in the usual form, and an inquisition was thereupon taken by the sheriff of the county of Orange, on the 25th of June, 1798, which stated, that John Gatehouse, at the time of his death, was'seised in / fee of a certain parcel of…
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THIS was a case of escheat, and came before the court on a case made and agreed upon by the counsel for both parties# The following are the material facts in the case: On the 16th of June, 1798, a writ of escheat issued out of the court of chancery, in the usual form, and an inquisition was thereupon taken by the sheriff of the county of Orange, on the 25th of June, 1798, which stated, that John Gatehouse, at the time of his death, was'seised in / fee of a certain parcel of land in the county of Orange, granted by letters-patent, on the 22d January, 1719, to Edtvard Gatehouse. That John…
1Opinion of the Court
Kent, Ch. J,
now delivered the opinion of the court.. The inquisition taken in this case, in pursuance of the act concerning escheats, (Laws N. Y. vol. 1. 310.) states, that John Gatehouse died seised in fee of the premises, without making a will, and without leaving any heir capable of inheriting the same. This allegation is denied in the plea of traverse put in by the defendantj and, from the facts stated in the case, it is sufficiently proved, that Gatehouse did leave a lawful heir, capable of inheriting the land, to wit, his son William. But the defendant has not shown a title derived from…
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