Wightman v. . Campbell
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered March 16,1914, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered March 16,1914, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The court erred in receiving the evidence as to the Arnold survey and the testimony of Ogden as to his survey made from the Arnold notes and the map made by Odgen from said notes, and the objection thereto was sufficiently definite and specific. (Stephens v. Ely, 162 N. Y. 19; Davis v. Reflex Camera Company, 105…
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
Plaintiff, who is eighty-six years of age, brings this action in ejectment, claiming possession as tenant by the curtesy of about three-quarters of an acre of land on the west shore of Lake Keuka in Yates county, on which the defendant has erected a small cottage. ' The question is as to where the boundary line between the lands of the parties is located with reference to the present outlet of Basswood creek. To answer that question it becomes necessary to locate the northeast corner of the farm of James Taylor by reference to the outlet of Basswood creek as it was in the year 1851. Plaintiff…
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