Landon v. . Townshend
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made on the first Monday of May, 1887, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon the report of a referee. (Mem. of decision below, 4A Him, 561.) This was an action of ejectment. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The decree against "Waddell, individually, did not affect the rights he held as assignee.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made on the first Monday of May, 1887, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiffs entered upon the report of a referee. (Mem. of decision below, 4A Him, 561.) This was an action of ejectment. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The decree against "Waddell, individually, did not affect the rights he held as assignee. (Evans v. Mann, Cowp. 569 ; Merrill v. Seaman, 6 N. Y. 171; Jackson v. Ferris, 15 Johns. 346; Colt v. Colt, 111 U. S. 566-581; Romaine…
1Opinion of the CourtAndrews, J.
The appellants rest their appeal, as they rested their defense on the trial, upon the claim that the plaintiffs failed to establish title in themselves to the premises in controversy. The trial court found and the judgment there and at the General Term proceeded on the ground that the plaintiffs had the legal title to the lots in question, and the correct ness of this conclusion is the question now to be determined. It is undisputed that on the 23d of March, 1836, John Scudder, the then owner of the lots in controversy, conveyed them to Ebenezer L. Williams, subject to a mortgage thereon for…
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