Legal Opinion
Beers v. Hotchkiss
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 24, 1931PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
In this action of partition, the plaintiff and the defendants Hotchkiss have won a judgment of the court that the defendants Campbell, the appellants, have no interest in the property and are unlawfully possessed of it.
Upon this. appeal, the appellants abandon any claim that they have justified their possession by the strength of their own title, and take their stand upon the position that the respondents, who seek to oust them, do not show a better right.
The action, though in form partition, is in substance one of ejectment in so far as its purpose is the extinguishment of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Logan v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- The" City of Panama"Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Cox v. . StokesNew York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Trustees of the Freeholders & Commonalty of Southampton v. Mecox Bay Oyster Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Codman v. WinslowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- People v. FooteAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
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