Hagaman v. Jackson, ex dem. Campbell
New York Supreme Court
This was- an action of ejectment, brought' for the recovery of about 50 acres of land, part of lot No. 75, Ovid, tried at the Seneca circuit, in June, 1828, before the Hon. Enos T. Throop, one of the circut judges. A verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and a motion is now made to set the same aside, and to grant a new trial. The evidence is detailed in the opinion of the court. The cause was submitted without argument.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sutherland, J.
The lessor of the plaintiff claims title to the premises in question, under a judgment in his favor against William Hagaman, obtained in the court of common pleas of Seneca county, in February term, 1816. An execution was issued upon that judgment, under which all the right and title of William Hagaman to the premises in question were sold to the lessor. The sheriff’s deed bears date on the 17th day of June, 1817. It appeared that the execution was received, and the sale was made by John Whitman, a deputy of the sheriff of Seneca county, and the deed was executed by…
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