Jackson ex dem. Ramson v. Shepard
New York Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment, for lot number 17, in the, town of Sem/pronius, in the county of Cayuga, and was tried at the circuit in that county, before Mr. Justice TompJdns, the 28th June, 1805. suPPort of his title, the plaintiff produced an exemplification ofthe letters patent from the people of the state ofNew-York, forthe premises in question to Ramson, one ofthe lessors ofthe plaintiff, dated the 8th July, 1790, and a deed from Ratnson to Roe, the other lessor…
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This was an action of ejectment, for lot number 17, in the, town of Sem/pronius, in the county of Cayuga, and was tried at the circuit in that county, before Mr. Justice TompJdns, the 28th June, 1805. suPPort of his title, the plaintiff produced an exemplification ofthe letters patent from the people of the state ofNew-York, forthe premises in question to Ramson, one ofthe lessors ofthe plaintiff, dated the 8th July, 1790, and a deed from Ratnson to Roe, the other lessor ofthe plaintiff. The defendant offered in evidence, an instrument in writing, dated the 12th May, 1783, from Ramson to…
1Opinion of the Court
Tompkins, J.,
after stating the facts in the case. The propriety of rejecting the power of attorney, and the proof of notice thereof by Roe, when he purchased of Ramson, was conceded by the defendant’s counsel, on the argument, and the rejection of the deed from Roe to Davis alone relied upon in support of the motion for a new trial.
The act of 12th of February, 1788, permitted the reading in evidence deeds duly acknowledged, or proved and recorded. By an act of the legislature of this state, passed 12th of February, 1798, it is provided, that no deed, conveyance, or instrument executed before…
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