Jackson ex dem. Tuttle v. Gridley
New York Supreme Court
EJECTMENT for parts of lots Nos. 19. 23. and 24. in the Oneida Reservation, in the town of Vernon, tried at the Oneida circuit, before Mr. Justice Yates, in June, 1819. The lessor ofthe plaintiff gave in evidence á mortgage from the defendant to him, dated the 12th of September, 1815, for securing the payment of 775 dollars and 35 cents, with interest, on the 15 th of April then next, with the usual, power of sale.
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EJECTMENT for parts of lots Nos. 19. 23. and 24. in the Oneida Reservation, in the town of Vernon, tried at the Oneida circuit, before Mr. Justice Yates, in June, 1819. The lessor ofthe plaintiff gave in evidence á mortgage from the defendant to him, dated the 12th of September, 1815, for securing the payment of 775 dollars and 35 cents, with interest, on the 15 th of April then next, with the usual, power of sale. The plaintiff also gave in evidence the proceedings under the power, and a regular sale of the premises pursuant to the statute, by which it appeared that the premises were sold on…
1Opinion of the Court
. Spencer, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court. It was proved, unanswerably, on the trial, that Amos Grid-*103ley, a witness offered by the defendant, had, deliberately, within three months of the trial, declared his disbelief in a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments ; that he had said, man was like a beast, and when he died there was an end of him. Being interrogated as to his present belief, he said that he did not know that he had any reason to doubt there was an after state of rewards and punishments. He was directed to be sworn, though objected to, and being about to be…
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