Wheeler v. Mills
New York Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment entered at the circuit on the verdict of a jury in an action to recover the possession of real estate.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Brown, J.
This is an action to recover the possession of certain lands in -the city of Brooklyn, tried before Mr. Justice Strong, at the Kings circuit, in March, 1857, when a verdict was directed for the plaintiff, the defendants’ exceptions to be first heard at the general term. The plaintiff claimed title under a lease made by the mayor and common council of the city of Brooklyn, to one William *645Austin, dated the 11th day of April, 1851, for the term of one thousand years, upon a sale for unpaid taxes, and an assignment thereof by the lessee, William Austin, to the plaintiff, by…
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