King v. Townshend
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, New York county. Action by Lewis C. King against John Townshend, impleaded with Mary H. Townshend. From an interlocutory judgment overruling a demurrer to the third defense in the answer of defendant John Townshend, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFollett, J.
The special proceedings for the determination of claims to real property authorized by title 2 of chapter 5 of the third part of volume 2 of the Revised Statutes were a substitute for the ancient mode of barring claims to real estate by fines and recoveries (1 Grab. Pr. 2d Ed. 71), authorized and regulated by chapter 58, Rev. Laws 1813, which act was repealed by section 93 of chapter 21, 2 Sess. Laws 1823, and by 2 Rev. St. 343, § 24 (McGregor v. Comstock, 17 N. Y. 162). In 1849, section 449 was added to the Code of Procedure, by which actions were authorized to compel the determination of…
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