Legal Opinion

The People v. . Van Rensselaer

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 5, 1853PublishedCited by 10 opinions

This action, framed under the fifth subdivision of § 143 of the Code of 1848, corresponding with § 167 of the present Code, was brought to recover real property, without damages for the withholding thereof, and is the substitute provided by .the Code for the action of ejectment under the former practice. It was commenced in the year 1848, in pursuance of the concurrent resolution of the legislature of the 6th of April of that year, in relation to “ manorial titles.”

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This action, framed under the fifth subdivision of § 143 of the Code of 1848, corresponding with § 167 of the present Code, was brought to recover real property, without damages for the withholding thereof, and is the substitute provided by .the Code for the action of ejectment under the former practice. It was commenced in the year 1848, in pursuance of the concurrent resolution of the legislature of the 6th of April of that year, in relation to “ manorial titles.” (Laws of 1848, 582.) The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are the true owners in fee simple, and entitled to the immediate…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Bagnell v. BroderickSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  2. Wendell v. Jackson ex dem. PeopleCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1831
  3. Jackson ex dem. Mancius v. LawtonNew York Supreme Court · 1813
  4. Patterson v. JenksSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
  5. People v. MauranNew York Supreme Court · 1848

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Lowndes v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Robins v. . AckerlyNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  3. Starke-Belknap v. New York Central RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
  4. W.J.F. Realty Corp. v. StateNew York Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Wright v. PhippsU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern New York · 1898

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