Pratt v. Peckham
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment entered upon tlie report of a referee in Oswego county, declaring tlie title to the real estate described in the complaint to be in the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment entered upon tlie report of a referee in Oswego county, declaring tlie title to the real estate described in the complaint to be in the plaintiff. Also declaring due to the plaintiff, at the date of the referee’s report, $891.71 on the contract for the sale of the property to the defendant, and awarding possession of the premises to the plaintiff, unless the defendant shall redeem the premises upon payment of the aforesaid sum within forty days, with interest and costs, and requiring the plaintiff if such redemption shall take place, to execute and deliver to the…
1Opinion of the CourtHardin, P. J.
On the 31st day of March, 1858, the plaintiff being the owner of the premises described in the complaint, entered into a contract in writing with the defendant, whereby the plaintiff agreed to sell and the defendant agreed to purchase the real estate described in the contract for the sum of $700, the whole to be paid in annual payments, the last payment to be four years from the first day of April, 1859. Defendant went into- possession under the contract and was in possession of the promises at the time of the commencement of this action. Prior to February, 1869, plaintiff and defendant “ had…
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- Phillips v. . GorhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Stoddard v. . WhitingNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Bruce v. . TilsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Murray v. . WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
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