Aldrich v. Manton
New York Supreme Court
This was an action of eject met, i, tried at the Genesee circuit in March, 1834, before the Hon. Addison Gardiner, one of the circuit judges.
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This was an action of eject met, i, tried at the Genesee circuit in March, 1834, before the Hon. Addison Gardiner, one of the circuit judges. On the trial the following facts appeared: Wilhelm Willinch and his associates, being aliens, on the 18th April,1821, having title to the premises in question, conveyed the same to one H. Seye, an alien, and on the next day Seye reconveyed the premises to his grantors, who on the 19th June,1833, sold and conveyed the premises to the plaintiff. The defendant insisted that the deed from Seye to Willinck and his associates, the deed from .them to the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Nelson, J.
The act of 1798,. provided, “that all and every conveyance, or conveyances, hereafter to be made or executed to any alien or aliens, not being the subject or subjects of some sovereign state or power, which is or shall be at the time of such conveyance at war with the United States of America, shall be deemed valid to vest the estate *459thereby granted to such alien or aliens: and it shall and may be lawful to and for such alien or aliens to have and to hold the same to his, her, or their heirs and assigns forever, any plea of alienism to the contrary notwithstanding.”…
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