Augustus v. Graves
New York Supreme Court
Ejectment, tried at the Steuben circuit in August, 1848, before Marvin, justice. The plaintiffs claimed to be the trustees and legal owners of the lands known as the Pulteney estate; of which the premises in question, situated in the town of Pittsburgh in the county of Steuben, are a part.
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Ejectment, tried at the Steuben circuit in August, 1848, before Marvin, justice. The plaintiffs claimed to be the trustees and legal owners of the lands known as the Pulteney estate; of which the premises in question, situated in the town of Pittsburgh in the county of Steuben, are a part. On the trial, to prove their title to the land in question, the plaintiffs introduced the following documentary evidence: 1. An exemplified copy of a treaty or compact between the state of New-York and the commonwealth of Massachusetts, by commissioners appointed on behalf of each, dated at Hartford in the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Welles, J.
No point was made at the trial relative to the sufficiency of the proof of the compact and deed of cession between the states of Massachusetts and New-York, on the 16th day of December, 1786. By that instrument, New-York cedes and grants to Masssachusetts, forever, the right of pre-emption of soil from the native Indians, and all other the estate, right, title, and property, (the right and title of government, sovereignty and jurisdiction excepted,) which the state of New-York had, of, in, or to, all the lands and territories within certain limits and bounds, which…
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