Mead v. Chesbrough Bldg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Writ of error by the plaintiff in the court below to review a judgment for tbe defendant entered upon a verdict by the direction of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
This is an action of ejectment to recover-possession of certain real estate situate in the city and county of New York, and known as Nos. 30 and 32 Moore street. Both parties claim title under States M. Mead, who died January 19, 1863; the plaintiff as devisee in remainder under his will of an undivided one-eighth part, and the defendant through mesne conveyances originating in the foreclosure of mortgages executed by States M. Mead.
The primary question in the case is whether the titles acquired under the foreclosures were void for fraud; and it is conceded by the…
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