Stafford v. Williams
New York Supreme Court
The action was ejectment, tried at the Steuben circuit, in February, 1851. The plaintiff claimed title to the premises in question under a sheriff’s deed.
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The action was ejectment, tried at the Steuben circuit, in February, 1851. The plaintiff claimed title to the premises in question under a sheriff’s deed. The premises were sold by the sheriff of Steuben, to the plaintiff, on the 23d of October, 1845, by virtue of an execution duly issued upon a judgment in the Steuben common pleas, for $80,20, in favor of John Noyes against Joseph Wilbur and Amos 0. Wilbur, docketed the 26th of November, 1842. The plaintiff’s deed from the sheriff, was executed July 26th, 1847. The defendant, Williams, was in possession under a contract to purchase from his…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Johnson, J.
It is claimed by the defendant’s counsel, that there being no proof of actual notice to the defendant Jamison of the redemption of the premises by Phelps from the sale under the Oowan 'judgment, he, Jamison, is to be regarded as a bona fide purchaser, and is to be protected in his purchase, as Phelps had a fair and perfect title upon the record.
The judgment under which the plaintiff claims was also mat*243ter of record, and he had become a purchaser of the premises at the sale by the sheriff under the executions, several months before the defendant Jamison took his…
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