Church v. Wright

For majority opinion, see 38 N. Y. Supp. 701.

The referee found that the judgment recovered in 1866 by Van Rensselaer against this defendant in ejectment for the nonpayment of rent terminated the lease. The court of appeals, speaking of that very judgment, said, “The effect of the judgment was to terminate the lease.” Van Rensselaer v. Wright, 121 N. Y. 626, 25 N. E. 3. But the referee held that the evidence failed to establish an adverse possession for 20 years by the defendant. The evidence was to the effect that the defendant had continued in possession' ever since the judgment, without…