Jackson ex dem. Williams v. Miller
New York Supreme Court
Ejectment for lot No. 14, in Jessup’s little patent, Warren county, tried at the Warren circuit, July 11th, 1823, before Walworth, C. Judge.
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Ejectment for lot No. 14, in Jessup’s little patent, Warren county, tried at the Warren circuit, July 11th, 1823, before Walworth, C. Judge. The lessors of the plaintiff claimed title to the premises on several grounds ; and, among others, under an alleged sale made by the commissioners of forfeitures, to the ancestor of Williams, one of the lessors ; also on the ground of a prior possession in Washburn, the other lessor, against whom the defendant had some time before recovered the premises in question, in an action of ejectment, which was defended by Williams. A verdict was taken for the…
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, per
Savage, Ch. J.
The first question arising in the cause is, as to the admissibility of the book from the clerk’s office, purporting to be the return of the commissioners of forfeitures. By an act passed 12th May, 1784, (1 Greenleaf, 127,) commissioners of forfeitures were to-be appointed, whose duty it was, to sell all lands confiscated, and forfeited to the people of this state ; and to give good and sufficient deeds to the purchasers. By the 26th section, (id. 139,) the commissioners were to make an abstract of all sales made by them; to contain the names of the purchasers, the…
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