Jackson ex dem. Wickham v. Belknap
New York Supreme Court
THIS; was an action of ejectment ■ for land in the town of Lumberland, in the county oí Sullivan, tried before Mr. Justice Yates, at the" Sullivan circuit, in September, 181.4,. when a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to- the opinion of thé court, on the following case: ' The plaintiff gave in evidence an act of the legislature, entitled “an act to authorize the treasurer of this state to pay to sundry persons the several, sums of money therein mentioned,” passed…
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THIS; was an action of ejectment ■ for land in the town of Lumberland, in the county oí Sullivan, tried before Mr. Justice Yates, at the" Sullivan circuit, in September, 181.4,. when a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to- the opinion of thé court, on the following case: ' The plaintiff gave in evidence an act of the legislature, entitled “an act to authorize the treasurer of this state to pay to sundry persons the several, sums of money therein mentioned,” passed the 6th of April, 1792. This act, after reciting that William Coclcbiirn, pursuant .to the act of the 9th of March, } c…
1Per curiam
The lessor of the plaintiff claims title to the premises in question under a deed from the surveyor-general, bearing date the twenty-second day of February, 1810, and which was given under, and pursuant to, the prov isions of an act of the legislature of the sixth of April, 1792, which, after reciting a claim which William Cockburn had against John Weatherhead, authorized the surveyor-general to sell such lands of Weatherhead as Cockburn should discover to have become forfeited by the attainder of Weatherhead, and which should not have been before discovered. This act, and the deed from the…
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