Jackson ex dem. Henderson v. Davenport
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of ejectment, commehced in May, „ . , „ „ . , i . rn 1818, to recover part of lot No. 40, in the town or Ulysses, and was tried at the Tompkins circuit, in June, 1819, before Mr. Justice Woodworth.
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THIS was an action of ejectment, commehced in May, „ . , „ „ . , i . rn 1818, to recover part of lot No. 40, in the town or Ulysses, and was tried at the Tompkins circuit, in June, 1819, before Mr. Justice Woodworth. The plaintiff gave in evidence, (1.) a.patent to Alexander Kidd, a soldier, for lot No. 40, in the township pf Ulysses, dated July 8, 1790. (2.) A deed from Alexander Kidd to Isaac Bogart, dated the 12¡h oí January, 1788, as follows : “ Know all men by these presents, that i, Alexander Kidd, of the county of Albany, for the consideration of nine pounds, have granted, bargained,…
1Opinion of the Court
Spencer, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the court. The lessor deduced a title to the premises in question under Alexander Kidd, a soldier, to whom the lot in controversy was granted, by virtue of a deed from Kidd to Isaac Bogart, dated the 12th of January, 1783, and sundry mesne conveyances down to the lessor.
The defendant deduced a title from Kiddto Samuel Cobb, by a deed, dated the 25th of February, 1792, for the same lot; and by a deed from Cobb to the defendant, for 200 acres of the lot, being the premises in question, dated the 31st of January,1815.
It has not been pretended that the…
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