Doe ex dem. Arden v. Thompson
New York Supreme Court
These actions were ejectment, for land, in the eighth ward of the city of New York; tried at the New York circuit, March 25th, 1825, before Betts, C. Judge. Verdicts were taken for the plaintiff, upon the third count of the declaration in each cause; which was on the demise of Rachael Arden only.
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These actions were ejectment, for land, in the eighth ward of the city of New York; tried at the New York circuit, March 25th, 1825, before Betts, C. Judge. Verdicts were taken for the plaintiff, upon the third count of the declaration in each cause; which was on the demise of Rachael Arden only. This was pursuant to the decision of the Circuit Judge upon various points, to which the counsel for the defendant excepted ; and the causes now came before the court upon a case and bill of exceptions, and affidavits of newly discovered testimony. For every J j j material purpose, the acts are…
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, per Woodworth, J.
The plaintiffs gave in evidence, a deed from Aaron Burr to Jacob I. Arden, dated 18th August, 1797, for twenty three lots of ground, distinguished on a map annexed, by certain numbers. Seven of the lots bounded southerly by Arden street, northerly by land belonging to Aaron Burr; easterly by Bedford street; and westerly by the division line of land belonging to the corporation of Trinity church ; each lot being 25 feet in front and rear, and 100 feet long, except lot 23, being one of the seven, which was less. The other sixteen lots are described as lying in a block,…
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