Trustees of the Freeholders & Commonalty of Huntington v. Nicoll
New York Supreme Court
IN May, 1806; Selah Strong and Richard Udall, the general guardians of the person and estate of Wm. Nicoll, the respondent, an infant, of the age of seven years, appointed by the court of chancery, filed their bill in that court, against the appellants. From the pleadings in the' cause, the following facts appeared.
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IN May, 1806; Selah Strong and Richard Udall, the general guardians of the person and estate of Wm. Nicoll, the respondent, an infant, of the age of seven years, appointed by the court of chancery, filed their bill in that court, against the appellants. From the pleadings in the' cause, the following facts appeared. On the 4th June, 1688, letters patent were issued by the governor of the province of Nezv-Tork, to William “ ‘ Nicoll, an ancestor of the respondent, for “ all those islands and small isles of sandy land, and marsh or meadow grounds, with the appurtenances, situate, lying and…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Ness, J.
This is an appeal from two interlocutory orders of the chancellor, the first, enjoining against proceeding at law, in certain suits in trespass, pending in the supreme court ; and the second, authorising the examination of Selah Strong and Richard Udall, the guardians of the respondent, as witnesses.
To decide on the first ground of appeal, it is necessary preliminarily to examine, whether this is an order from which an appeal will lie.
' The statute, regulating the proceedings in this court, .gives the right bf appeal from any order of the court of chancery. That all orders, however, made in…
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