Harison v. Caswell
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, George JD. L. Harisoh and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the .office of the clerk" of the county of St. Lawrence on the 23d day of November, 1896, upon the verdict of a jury directed1 ¡by. the court, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of November, 1896, denying the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Merwin, J.:
This action was brought in July, 1895, to recover the possession of about thirty-six acres of land in lot 12 of Harison tract, in the town of Pierrepont, St. Lawrence county. The defendant in his answer-alleged that on December 28, 1873, Thomas L. Harison, one of the plaintiffs, with authority from all, executed and delivered to defendant an instrument dated that day, which is’set out in full. It states that the defendant “ may occupy the lot ” in question until the first day of June then next on certain conditions, and “if on said first day of June next, said Caswell shall pay not…
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