Embury v. . Conner
New York Court of Appeals
Peter Embury, Hannah Ay mar, and Margaret Jacot, brought ejectment in the superior court of the city of New-Yorle, against James Conner and William C. Conner, to recover a lot of land situate at the corner of Ann and Nassau streets in said city. In June, 1791, and until his death in 1815, Daniel Ay-mar was seised of the premises in fee, together with some other lands contiguous thereto, which, in 1829, were taken by the corporation of the city in widening Ann-street.
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Peter Embury, Hannah Ay mar, and Margaret Jacot, brought ejectment in the superior court of the city of New-Yorle, against James Conner and William C. Conner, to recover a lot of land situate at the corner of Ann and Nassau streets in said city. In June, 1791, and until his death in 1815, Daniel Ay-mar was seised of the premises in fee, together with some other lands contiguous thereto, which, in 1829, were taken by the corporation of the city in widening Ann-street. In 1821, the heirs at law of Daniel Aymar, together with the executors of his last will, united in a conveyance of the whole…
1Opinion of the CourtJewett, J.
On the part of the defendants, it is claimed, that the facts show that the corporation of New-York acquired the title to the premises in question, and legally conveyed them to James Conner, thereby showing an outstanding title adverse and paramount to that set up by the plaintiffs. On the other hand it is contended that the corporation of New-York did not, by said proceedings, acquire any title to the premises in question, on the ground that section 179 of the act of April 9, 1813, entitled “ an act to reduce the several laws relating particularly to the city of New-York, into one act,” (2 R.…
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