People v. Raquette Falls Land Co.

This action was brought by the plaintiff in ejectment to recover from the defendant certain *602lands situate in Warren county. An answer was interposed denying plaintiff’s title and asserting title in the defendant. Thereupon and in February, 1905, i he then forest, fish and game commissioner, purporting to act for the plaintiff, entered into a written agreement with the defendant that the claims of title to the lands involved be settled; that defendant should take judgment dismissing the complaint and adjudging that defendant was the owner of the lands in question and that the defendant should…