Wood v. Jackson ex dem. Genet
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Error from the supreme court. This was an action of ejectment for the recovery of a house and lot in the city of New-York, known as No. 11, Cherry street. The lessors of the plaintiff claimed to recover under a conveyance from Maria Osgood, to her daughter Martha Brandon Osgood, bearing date the 31st May, 1814, executed in consideration of natural love and affection.
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Error from the supreme court. This was an action of ejectment for the recovery of a house and lot in the city of New-York, known as No. 11, Cherry street. The lessors of the plaintiff claimed to recover under a conveyance from Maria Osgood, to her daughter Martha Brandon Osgood, bearing date the 31st May, 1814, executed in consideration of natural love and affection. Martha Brandon Osgood was married to Edmund C. Genet in the latter part of July, 1814, and it was proved that previous to the marriage, Genet knew that the house and lot had been given by Mrs. Osgood to her daughter, and stated…
1Opinion of the Court
*16The following opinion was delivered in the supreme court on denying the motion for a new trial:
By the Court, Savage. Ch. J.
Before I proceed to an examination of the questions presented by this bill of exceptions, it will be proper to see what questions were decided in the case of The Manhattan Company V. Osgood and others, 15 Johns. R. 162. From the record produced on the trial of this cause, it only appears that the jury found the issue of riens per descent against the defendants ; from the report of the case in Johnson, it is manifet sthat the court and jury proceeded upon the ground that…
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