Elliott v. Lewis
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, entered upon the report of a referee. The action was in ejectment, and the accompanying diagram, offered in evidence on the trial, shows the location of the premises in dispute.
1Opinion of the Court
Mullin, P. J.:
This action is brought to recover a strip of land, of which plaintiff claims to be owner, in Central Square, in the county of Oswego, and is parcel of a larger tract which he alleges he owns, and of which parcel defendant is unlawfully in possession.
The deed describes the whole lot conveyed to plaintiff, as follows: Beginning at the north-west corner of the store on the lot, thence north thirty-three degrees east seventy-eight feet; thence south fifty-seven degrees east, to the road running to Smith and Brewster’s mills; thence along said road south forty-nine degrees west, to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Root v. StuyvesantNew York Supreme Court · 1837
- Wendell v. Jackson ex dem. PeopleCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1831
- Jackson ex dem. People v. WendellNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- Jackson ex dem. Craigie v. WilkinsonNew York Supreme Court · 1819
- Smith v. McallisterNew York Supreme Court · 1852