Jackson ex dem. Cook v. Shepard
New York Supreme Court
Ejectment for 80 acres of land in Moreau, Saratoga county, tried at the circuit in that county, December 10th, 1824, before Walworth, 0. Judge.
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Ejectment for 80 acres of land in Moreau, Saratoga county, tried at the circuit in that county, December 10th, 1824, before Walworth, 0. Judge. The plaintiff claimed title to the premises in question under a sale, to pay the United States direct tax; which he claimed to have been made pursuant to the law of the United States, of July 22d, 1813. He was nonsuited at the trial, by the judge, on facts which are sufficiently detailed in the opinion of the court. moved to set aside the nonsuit, and for a new trial. He cited 1 Phil. Ev. 302, 304, 312; 4 Dall. 415 ; 4 Cranch, 403; 9 Cranch, 64. cited…
1Opinion of the Court
Curia, 'per Sutherland, J.
The plaintiff’s title depends on the validity of the deed of the 20th of December, from Thomas Palmer, collector of the revenue for the 11th collection district of the "state of New York, to Samuel Cook, one of the lessors of the plaintiff. The deed was . . - . „ . „ , given upon a sale made m pursuance of the act for the assessment and collection of direct taxes and internal duties, passed July 22d, 1813, (4 U. S. L. 546, ch. 554.) The manner in which the collector is to proceed in the collection of the taxes imposed, and his authority to sell the houses and lands…
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