Jackson ex dem. Dunbar v. Todd
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of ejectment, for lot No. 25. in the township of Marcellus. The cause was tried at the Onondaga circuit, the 21st of June, 1809, before Mr. Justice Lhompson.
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THIS was an action of ejectment, for lot No. 25. in the township of Marcellus. The cause was tried at the Onondaga circuit, the 21st of June, 1809, before Mr. Justice Lhompson. The plaintiff gave in evidence, an exemplification of the award of the Onondaga commissioners, dated the 18th of November, 1800, by which the lot in question was award- ’ ’ J ^ _ ed-to William Thorn, one of the lessors of the plaintiff. , , The defendant produced a dissent to the award, signed by him, and filed in the office of the clerk of Onondaga county, the 27th of May, 1802; and he was then, and has since…
1Opinion of the CourtSpences, J.
Several points were made on the argument of.this cause; but, from the view I have taken of it, it will be-unnecessary to consider all of them. The title on which the plaintiff relies for a recovery consists, 1. Of an award in favour of William Thorn; 2. Of a deed from William Dunbar, the patentee, to Zebulon Macey, of the 12th. of March, 1784; and, S. Of a deed from Macey to Z. Platt, af the 23d of June, 1794.
*265The defendant having dissented from the award, with- ° _ in two years after the making thereof, and being then in the actual possession of the lot, or a part of it, as to him the award…
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