Ainslie v. Mayor of New-York
New York Supreme Court
The plaintiffs having recovered a judgment in ejectment against the actual occupants of the premises in question, brought this suit for mesne profits, against the defendants, as the parties of whom the occupant held. The facts are set forth, with particularity, in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
This was an action of trespass, commenced of January term, 1845, and tried in April of that year, when a verdict was taken for the plaintiffs, for $2000, to be augmented or reduced by the circuit judge; subject to the opinion of the court on a case, with liberty to either party to turn the same into a bill of exceptions or special verdict.
The circuit judge afterwards gave judgment on the case so made, in favor of the plaintiffs, and increased the amount of the damages to $2040, and the cause is now brought before this Court, on an appeal from the judgment given by the circuit…
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