Jackson ex dem' Vought v. Wood
New York Supreme Court
THE only question in this Cause was respecting the location of Braine’s patent, granted in the year 1752. If it extended to the line °f the manor of Rensellaer, the plaintiff would be entitled to recover, if there should be a gore between Braine’s patent and and the manor line, then the premises would be covered by that under which the defendant claimed.
1Opinion of the Court
Per curiam delivered by
Thompson J.
I think Braine's patents is bounded on the manor line. This grant is not designated with reference to any adjoining patent. The Only expressions which give it locality, are those which describe it, as part of Butler’s Indian purchase in 1733, that it had been formerly surveyed by Edward, Collins for Richard Riggs, and that it began at the south west corner of a tract of land near the township of Schenectady, formerly surveyed for James Delancey and others. It appears that Collins’ survey is lost, and all that we know of the locality of Rigg's tract is, that…
2Cited by1 opinion
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