Van Wyck v. Seward
New York Court of Chancery
This case came before the chancellor upon appeal. The facts upon which the decison was founded will appear by an examination of the report of a previous suit at law, and the report of this case before the vice chancellor. (See 5 Cowen’s Rep. 67; 8 Idem, 406 ; and 1 Edward’s Chancery Rep. 327.)
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
This is an appeal from a decree of the vice chancellor of the first circuit, dismissing the com-» plainant’s bill with costs. The evidence in this case is substantially the same as that which was introduced when the question as to the validity of the conveyance from William Seward to his son Philander was brought before a jury in the ejectment suit for the same premises. I cannot agree with the vice chancellor in the opinion expressed by him in this cause, that the verdict of the jury in the ejectment suit, brought by the complainant for the recovery of the same property, is a…
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