Croxall v. Shererd
Supreme Court of the United States
This was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. Robert .Morris Croxall, the plaintiff ill error, in September, 1863, — the year is important, — brought ejectment in that court to recover certain premises in New Jersey.
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This was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. Robert .Morris Croxall, the plaintiff ill error, in September, 1863, — the year is important, — brought ejectment in that court to recover certain premises in New Jersey. The jury found a special verdict, in substance thus: On the 15th of November, 1793, Robert Morris, being seized in fee simple of certain lands in the State just named, an indenture tripartite was made between him, of the first part, Charles Croxall and Mary, his wife, of the second, and Robert Morris, Jr., Adam Hoops, and Aaron…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
Whether under the deed of Robert Morris of the 15th November, 1798, Charles Croxall was tenant for life, remainder to Mary Croxall his wife, for life, remainder to their son Thomas Croxall in tail — whether Mary Croxall was not the donee in tail under the rulé in Shelley’s case, and if so, whether her estate was a legal or equitable one — and whether *281Thomas Croxall was not the donee or first tenant in tail, and if he were the first or the second tenant in tail, whether he took a legal estate by the operation of the statute of uses, then in force in New Jersey, or whether he took an equitable…
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