Saranac Land & Timber Co. v. Comptroller of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This is an action of ejectment brought to recover a tract of 7500 acres of forest land, known as the northwest quarter of township 24, Great Tract One, Macomb’s Purchase, situated in Franklin County, in the Northern District of the State of New York.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. This is an action of ejectment brought to recover a tract of 7500 acres of forest land, known as the northwest quarter of township 24, Great Tract One, Macomb’s Purchase, situated in Franklin County, in the Northern District of the State of New York. The plaintiff deráigned title by various mesne conveyances from one Daniel McCormick, who became the grantee of the State of New York in 1798. The defendant claims through deeds executed to the State of New York in pursuance of sales for taxes. The defendant…
1Opinion of the Court 1
Mr. Justioe McKenna,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
If chapter 448 is constitutional, its limitation attached some years before this action was commenced. It was held constitutional by this court in Turner v. New York, 168 U. S. 90. The contention now is, however, that our conclusion dépended upon reasoning not applicable to the case ■ at bar. It is said that to the validity of a statute of limitations a remedy jmecedent to and during the period of limitation must exist, and that a remedy did exist we assumed was decided by the state court as a state question, and…
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