Jackson ex dem. v. Hilton
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of ejectment, brought to recover three undivided fourth parts of a house and lot of land, situate in the first ward of the city of Mcw-York.
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THIS was an action of ejectment, brought to recover three undivided fourth parts of a house and lot of land, situate in the first ward of the city of Mcw-York. The cause was tried before Mr. J. Yates, at the Mew- York sit-» ' tings, in April, 1818. ® ' * * The plaintiff produced in evidence, the will of Daniel Lawrence, dated the 14th of March, 1755, and proved, on the 18th of August, 1757, which contained the following devise of the premises in question : “ Item, I give unto my daughter Mehitable Hilton, relict of Captain Ralph Hilton, ja(;e 0f the city of Mew-York, deceased, my dwelling…
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
The lessors claim three-fourths of the premises, as heirs to Abraham Lawrence, Although it is not stated, that Daniel Lawrence, the ancestor, had any other children than Abraham, and a son, who went to sea in the'life-time of his father, and was never heard of, and who must be presumed to be dead; yet the case has been argued, as though there Were other children of the ancestor Daniel „Lawrence; and, it seems, that the question intended to be submitted, is, whether Abraham Lawrence, as the eldest son, and heir at law of hiá father, became, as such, so seised of the premises devised to the…
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