Kingsland v. Chittenden
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff upon the report of a referee. The action was ejectment to recover lands in the defendants’ possession. The defendants answered jointly, denying the complaint and claiming ownership of the property described therein.
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This was an appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff upon the report of a referee. The action was ejectment to recover lands in the defendants’ possession. The defendants answered jointly, denying the complaint and claiming ownership of the property described therein. Plaintiff and defendants traced their titles to Gerard R. Beekman, as owner of an entire tract, from whose executors, by intermediate conveyances, it had been granted to one Storm, who had granted portions to the plaintiff and defendants respectively. It appeared upon the trial that, while the entire tract of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court—Gilbert, J.
The determination of this case depends upon the construction which shall be given to *18the deed from Jacob Storms and wife to the plaintiff, dated May 1, 1863. The only subject in dispute is the southeastern boundary described in that deed, the description of which is as follows: “ Thence south to the center of the mill creek or Pocantice river, thence easterly along the center of said creek or river to the present mill-dam at the center thereof, thence through the center of said mill-dam and the center of the mill-pond to the late Highland turnpike road.” The deed also…
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