Van Rensselaer v. Sheriff of Onondaga
New York Supreme Court
In January, 1817, a íudgment for $260, was docketed • 77 7 L, J ° , . , coil in the Onondaga Common Pleas, m favour oi Schuyler Van Rensselaer, asainst Lester Dady.
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In January, 1817, a íudgment for $260, was docketed • 77 7 L, J ° , . , coil in the Onondaga Common Pleas, m favour oi Schuyler Van Rensselaer, asainst Lester Dady. A fi. fa. was issued ’ ° J j ¡ thereon, under which the Sheriff of Onondaga, on the 11 th of April, 1822, sold the right and title of Dady, to about 70 acres of land in Fabius, in that county, to Sanders Van Rcnsselaer, an Attorney at law, for $152,90, who paid his bid, and a certificate of sale was made and filed pursuant to law. 1 # Neither the defendant, nor any one claiming under him, re-redeemed or offered to redeem the land…
1Opinion of the Court
The Justices, in delivering their opinions, spoke nearly as follows :
Sutherland, J.
The questions to be determined in this cause, arise upon amotion for a mandamus, to be directed to the Sheriff of Onondaga, commanding him to give a deed of conveyance of certain lands, situate in that county, to Sanders Van Rensselaer, who, on the 11 th of April, 1822, purchased these lands under an execution against one Dady, and the same day paid his bid to the Sheriff. No attempt to redeem was made by the defendant, for more than a year from the time of the sale. On the 1st of July, 1823, Birdseye redeemed…
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