Sanders v. Townshend
New York Court of Appeals
This was an action of ejectment brought to recover two lots of land, situate, as described in the complaint, on the southerly side of Eighty-ninth street, in the city of Hew York, and known and distinguished by the numbers fifty-nine and sixty on a map of the Harlem commons, made by Charles Clinton, surveyor, and on file in the office of the register of the city and county of Rew York.
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This was an action of ejectment brought to recover two lots of land, situate, as described in the complaint, on the southerly side of Eighty-ninth street, in the city of Hew York, and known and distinguished by the numbers fifty-nine and sixty on a map of the Harlem commons, made by Charles Clinton, surveyor, and on file in the office of the register of the city and county of Rew York. Upon the trial the plaintiff put in evidence a deed of the lots executed to him on the 4th day of January, 1873, by Gordon Burnham, and he also proved that he took formal possession of the lots on the 1st day…
1Opinion of the Court
Eabl, J.,
reads for reversal and new trial.
All concur, except Pinch, J., absent.
Order reversed and judgment affirmed.
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