Van Hagen v. Van Rensselaer
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of assumpsit. The declaration contained counts on a special agreement, and for goods -sold and delivered, and the common money counts. The defen-The cause was dant pleaded non assumpsit and payment. tried at the Columbia circuit, in December, 1 !f 19, before Mr. Justice Van Ness.
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THIS was an action of assumpsit. The declaration contained counts on a special agreement, and for goods -sold and delivered, and the common money counts. The defen-The cause was dant pleaded non assumpsit and payment. tried at the Columbia circuit, in December, 1 !f 19, before Mr. Justice Van Ness. After the evidence was closed, the judge declared his opinion oh the questions raised by the counsel, and the plaintiff tendered a bill of exceptions, The jury found a verdict for the defendant. The cause was submitted to the Court, without argument, on the record and bill of exceptions. All the…
1Opinion of the CourtPlatt, J.
This is an action on a special written agreement for the sale and exchange of two parcels of land, dated the 18th of November, 1814. The contract is very complicated in its provisions ; but so far as is material to the questions now before us, I consider the substance and legal effect of the instrument to be as follows : Van Rensselaer contracted to sell and convey to Van Hagen a tract of land, called the Green River farm, for 6,000 dollars. Van Hagen then occupied a farm at Kinderhook, which Van Rensselaer claimed ; and the title was in dispute between them. It was agreed, that the farm so…
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